For the last two months, we’ve all been spending a lot of time at home. Kids particularly are going to reach peak boredom once online school ends, if they haven’t already. As a parent, we sometimes feel like were grasping at straws trying to find new ways to keep our kids occupied.
Here is an opportunity to get creative, physical, and have your kid get in some extra hours outside.
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The last few weeks of social distancing have us all going stir-crazy. But with the cold weather coming to an end, it’s a great time for your child (and you) to spend some time outside.
Play is a vehicle to help kids explore and learn within their environment. With this in mind, there has been growing research on the importance of outdoor play and its benefits versus just playing indoors.
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In our last post, we mentioned using a calm-down kit to help your child calm themselves in the middle of a meltdown. Since we’re an OT Blog, here are some sensory elements you can use for creating your kid’s personalized calm-down kit.
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Children experience emotional outbursts as they age, but not all outbursts are the same. Although these are not clinical terms, emotional outbursts can be placed into two categories: tantrums or meltdowns.
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Playing in dirt is not high up on the list of things you thought you’d have to do as a parent. But, here are some new ideas to get your kid outside and in the muck.
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Child(ish) Advice 