In the spirit of yesterday’s snowfall here is a Frozen Snowflake you can make. Decorate it with glitter, color it your favorite color, or paint it. Make your design simple or complicated. Make one or one hundred! Have fun!
Oral Praxis
My child can’t spit out their toothpaste or suck from a straw! What can I do? Have you ever noticed your child has difficulty moving food from one side of their mouth to the other, can’t spit out their toothpaste, and can’t suck from a straw? have you noticed they don’t pucker their lips when…
The Praxis of Handwriting
The Praxis of Handwriting: Does it support classroom learning and development? Does handwriting impact the learning process in school? Absolutely! With handwriting becoming obsolete after learning to write in Kindergarten the focus written communication in school has been on students becoming more proficient with the keyboard. But is there a link between handwriting and educational…
Dysgraphia, More Than Just Bad Handwriting
“I can’t write! It hurts my hand! I hate writer’s workshop! I’m never going to be a good writer!” Do you know a child like this? Doesn’t it make your heart sink, seeing how that child’s academic challenges are tied so closely to their self esteem and sense of self? Can you imagine that child’s…
Peppermint Snow
Where’s the snow??? The winter season brings us Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, MLK Day, and several more where I can remember playing outside in the snow as a child. Sledding down huge hills in the school yard, ice skating on the frozen pond, rolling ginormous balls of snow to build a 6ft snowman, jumping into…
Toddlers Accessing Smart Devices
How “Smart” is it?— Does Media Effect our Children’s Development? With the holidays approaching, I find myself in the grocery more and more. As I was checking out one of my many trips, I noticed a toddler no more than 2 years old in the cart in front of me sitting quietly, entertaining herself by…
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s Thanksgiving afternoon, the turkey is just about to come out of the oven, your husband is mashing the potatoes, your sister-in-law and brother are peeling the sweet potatoes to get them ready for mashing, mom and dad are chopping vegetables for the salad, grandma sits on her perch watching the action happen. Meanwhile, the…
Baby Led Weaning
Feeding Trend- Baby Led Weaning: Skipping purees early on and starting with finger foods later – What do you think? Many of us have had that experience of spoon feeding an infant for the first time, only to have the food be pushed right back out at us as if the baby has not yet…
Babies Look, Move, and Feel to Explore
Have you ever watched a baby look across the room and see their favorite toy? Their eyes light up! What do they do? Move to go get it! So they start wiggling, rolling over, crawling, side stepping while holding onto the couch to get it. What do they do next? Pick it up and feel…
The Sensational Benefits of Infant Massage!
Infant Massage has come to Sensational Achievements! Some of our families’ younger siblings enjoyed a wonderful Fall session of bonding, relaxation, learning, and growth. We wanted to take a moment to share some of their reflections and thoughts on infant massage with you! “The pace of the class was great. Very helpful, a lot of good…
