It's hard to believe that the holidays are right around the corner once again. We have created a list of some of our favorite fine and gross motor toys that are great gifts for your little ones! Fine Motor Games: Some of our favorite games/toys to improve your child's hand strength and grasp! Hi Ho Cherry O Honey Bee Tree Ring Stacker Legos Bilateral Coordination: Below is a small selection of our favorite activities to get your child to use both sides of their body together! Pop Up Pirate Pop Beads For younger children, you can find larger pop beads here Nuts and Bolts K'Nex Tinkertoy Visual Motor/Perceptual: Here are some fun favorites to help your child coordinate vision with body moveme
Many families are unaware of why W-sitting is not recommended and how sitting in this position can affect their child's development. So, let's take a look and see why W-sitting can be problematic and how we can discourage this position. How do children present when they W-sit? Below is a picture of what W-sitting looks like. The child sits on their bottom with knees bent and their legs turned away from the body. Looking at the pink line, we see the letter "W". In this position, a child is comfortable as they have a wide base of support; which gives them more stability and prevents children from losing their balance/falling over. Children in this position don't have to do much work to ho
