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Teaching a child to use their flexors and extensors at the same time for posture can be hard because it requires coordination. Here is a way you can help them practice it. Reaching forward while keeping a flat back!

This is an advanced tummy time as you need to work more on core control since your belly isn’t resting on a support surface. It’s also great for weight bearing on your arms!

Side sitting is great for encouraging upright posture. It is also great if your little one has a history of torticollis!

Use your imagination and get your child engaged in walking like an animal to work on core strength and stability!

You’re never too old for tummy time and it’s a great way to help strengthen and stretch the core to support adults and children with sitting more upright!

This video talks about the different pieces that can contribute to posture and how you can work on them.

Toe walking is whenever your child hits the ground with the front of the foot and not the heel. This is often seen early on but it can develop in older kids. And guess what, this guy recently started toe walking. In this video I explain some of the things I looked at and some of the things I did. Let me know if you want to continue to follow along as I address it!

We often want to not let our kids stumble but did you know that it is important for their development? By letting them experience being off balance they add to their repertoire and begin to be able to predict when they need to make adjustments so they aren’t constantly reacting to their environment. For more ideas and products visit starfishtherapies.com

Join us as we continue to discuss and explain sensory processing! Stay tuned for part 3! For more products and ideas visit starfishtherapies.com

We continue our conversation on all things sensory processing! Next in the conversation will be sensory processing and toe walking (stay tuned) For more products and ideas visit starfishtherapies.com

Understanding sensory processing can be challenging. Join us as we discuss it to hopefully help with understanding! Stay tuned for part 2! For more products and ideas visit starfishtherapies.com

Normally I try to get a little helper for these videos but I didn’t have one available today! So this shows three ways you can encourage your child to use the non preferred leg to go up and down stairs. If they are beyond these levels you can always go back to work on the skill. For more ideas and products please visit starfishtherapies.com

When kids first learn how to go down stairs they don’t always have the control they need. In order to do it safely they will turn their foot to the side. Keep watching to see why they do this and how it is part of the learning process!

Helping kids get into sitting is important. It gives them independence with mobility and sets up great movement habits. Using kneeling to teach the transition is a way to introduce the rotation that lets them avoid w-sitting! For more info and ideas visit our blog and shop at www.starfishtherapies.com

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Dorsiflexion and Toe Walking

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