Uplift Therapy Center

12/24/2025

Check out this fun snack idea, perfect for the holiday season! How to Make a Holiday Fruit Tree 🎄🍇

1️⃣ Start with a tree-shaped dish or outline one using a shallow plate
2️⃣ Fill the base with green grapes to form the tree
3️⃣ Add blueberries throughout for ornament details
4️⃣ Use raspberries to create garlands or a topper
5️⃣ Serve and enjoy a festive, kid-friendly snack!

✨ Great for fine motor skills, color sorting, and encouraging healthy eating.

12/17/2025

How to Make a Gingerbread Person Craft for Kids 🍪 ✂️

This easy gingerbread person craft is a fun holiday activity for kids that also supports fine motor skill development. Perfect for home, classrooms, or pediatric therapy sessions.

What you need:
– Brown construction paper
– Child-safe scissors
– Pencil or marker
– Googly eyes
– Pom-poms
– Glue
– Black marker
– White marker or glue for icing details

How to:
1. Trace a gingerbread person shape onto brown paper
2. Cut out the shape
3. Glue on googly eyes
4. Draw a smile with a marker
5. Add pom-poms for buttons
6. Finish with icing-style details

This holiday craft helps kids practice scissor skills, hand-eye coordination, creativity, and following multi-step directions. 🎄

12/12/2025

✨ Holiday Toy Drive at Uplift Therapy Center! ✨
We’re spreading a little extra holiday magic this season, and we’d love your help 🎁💫

From now through December 18, we’re collecting new, unwrapped toys to donate to children who could use a little joy this holiday season. All donations will be delivered to Sparks of Love on December 19th.

If you have a toy looking for a new home, drop it off anytime Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm. Thank you for helping us brighten a child’s holiday 💛

📍 1975 Verdugo Blvd Suite D, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

12/10/2025

✨ Dr. Talin’s holiday book picks are in! 📚🎄
These festive favorites are perfect for cozy story time and building language skills all season long.

Here’s what she’s reading this season:
❤️Where’s Santa Claus? — Ingela P. Arrhenius
💚Little Blue Truck’s Christmas — Written by Alice Schertle, Illustrated by Jill McElmurry
❤️Santa’s Cookie Is Missing! — (Author not listed on cover)
💚The Gingerbread Man — Retold by Jim Aylesworth, Illustrated by Barbara McClintock

Which one would your kiddo choose first? 👇

12/03/2025

✨ Winter Sensory Play ❄️
Our new winter sensory bin is officially kid-approved! From scooping and pouring to exploring textures and colors, this bin helps support fine-motor skills, sensory processing, and imaginative play—all in one cozy activity.

➡️ Swipe through to make this sensory bin with us!

12/03/2025

12/02/2025

Sharing again for anyone who missed it!

Our Holiday Gift Guide is back — filled with handpicked toys and tools that support physical therapy milestones from tummy time all the way to independent standing and walking. Whether you’re looking for sensory play ideas, core-strength activities, or balance-boosting tools, we’ve curated something for every stage of development.

Explore the full guide on our website under UT Journal:
https://uplifttherapycenter.com/pediatric-physical-therapists-toy-gift-guide/

Make this holiday season joyful and purposeful! 🎄❤️

11/27/2025

We’re so grateful for our amazing staff and the incredible families who make Uplift Therapy Center feel like home.
Your trust, support, and kindness mean the world to us. 💛

Happy Thanksgiving from our Uplift family to yours! 🤍🍁

11/24/2025

Have your little one join you in “cooking” Thanksgiving dinner this year! 👩‍🍳🦃

Pretend play builds fine motor skills, sequencing, and imagination… all while creating fun holiday memories together. 🍂✨

11/20/2025

🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Uplift!

Please note we’ll be closed November 27–28 for the holiday.

Wishing you a warm and joyful Thanksgiving! 🧡✨

11/18/2025

Did you know music activates every area of the brain at once? 🎶🧠
That’s why adding rhythm, melody, and singing can make speech therapy more engaging and effective for children.

From improving attention to supporting emotional expression, music opens new pathways for communication.
✨ Learn more about this topic on our UT Journal on our website.

📅 Book your FREE consultation today!