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  • 2023 Christmas Gift Guide

    Christmas Gift Guide The countdown is on for the excitement of the Christmas season!  We have put together a few inspired ideas for gifts for the holidays. Happy shopping!

  • Our top tips for starting school

    Our Top Tips for Starting School Is your child starting school next year? Are you wondering what you can start doing now to support their school transition? Here are our top tips to help your child be more independent as they start school.

  • You, your child and pretend play

    You, Your Child and Pretend Play! Pretend play, symbolic play, imaginative play, make-believe play, or fantasy play involves the use of items, toys and people to represent something different in play (Stagnitti, 2011; Aspect, 2015). With so much time past since being a child, it isn’t surprising to find yourself as a parent feeling a…

  • 5 Tips for Supporting Your Child to get to Sleep

    5 Tips for Supporting Your Child to get to Sleep We all know that one of the first things to go out the window during uncertain and stressful times is a good night’s sleep. For our children, this is no different. During these tricky times, it is likely that we are all finding it difficult…

  • Posture – Why is it important?

    Why is your child’s posture important when writing? Good posture allows your child’s body to remain in a functional upright position, with adequate alignment of their spine. Good posture is really important for activities at the desk such as handwriting.

  • 5 Top Tips for Playing with your Child

    Play was a quintessential part of all our childhoods, yet as we get older, we can find it hard to recreate the same magic that we could as children. Play is an important occupation for your child, as it helps them develop many skills including communication, social skills, emotional understanding, literacy, problem solving and conflict…

  • Improving Fine Motor Skills at Home

    Improving Fine Motor Skills at Home Fine motor skills are important for everyone to function efficiently – from picking up a cup, typing on the keyboard, to driving a car. Developing a child’s fine motor skills helps them to participate in everyday activities more independently and confidently, and they can have a lot of fun…

  • Getting your kids moving at home

    Getting your kids moving at home Due to the current climate where we are spending more time at home, with restrictions for sport and other extracurricular activities ongoing, the opportunities for getting our children’s bodies moving can be seen as limited. At Qualia, we consider health, movement and fitness to be a high priority particularly…

  • 2019 All I want for Christmas is…..

    Want a hand with your Christmas shopping?? This year, we have categorised our favourite toys, resources and activities into different parts of a child’s day. Happy shopping!  

  • Learning Sight Words

    Learning Sight Words The following activities will help and encourage your child to learn and practise their sight words at home. Don’t forget to have FUN!  

  • Activities to do at home in the holidays

      Activities to do at home in the holidays!   Here are some activities your children can do at home during the school holidays – creative, challenging and lots of fun!

  • Craft Project: Pencil / Crayon Roll

    Craft Project: Pencil / Crayon Roll     Have some fun this weekend making a new pencil or crayon roll for your child! If you have a sewing machine and basic sewing skills (i.e. can sew a straight line), you’ll have it ready to go in no time!

  • 2018 All I want for christmas is…..

    Get your christmas shopping sorted for the little people in your life!                   Here is our list of favourite activities, games and books for Christmas this year.  

  • Tips to help children calm their bodies

    Our quick tips to help children calm their tiny bodies!  Tips from one of our fabulous therapists Elanie Moulos….

  • It’s not too late to get ready for school!

    It’s not too late to get ready for school! Written by one of our fabulous therapists, Alice Kettle If your child has just started school or is looking to start school next year it is never to early or late to practice school readiness skills! Over the holidays we posted a few short videos for…

  • 2017 All I want for christmas is…..

    Here is our list of favourite activities for children this Christmas!                

  • Getting Through Your Exams: HSC Tips

    Getting Through Your Exams: HSC Tips   With the HSC Examinations just around the corner, we are wishing all of the year 12 students out there the best of luck! Here are our 5 tips to get you through your exams:

  • Fine Motor Skills

    Fine Motor Skills What are fine motor skills? Fine motor development refers to the movements that require precise, coordinated actions of small muscles. Fine motor skills usually involve the synchronisation of hands and fingers to complete tasks. There are many overlaps with visual motor control that refers to the ability to coordinate visual information with motor…

  • Reading with your child: start young and stay with it

    Reading with your child: start young and stay with it We love this article from Bernice Cullinan and Brod Bagert…   At just a few months of age, an infant can look at pictures, listen to your voice, and point to objects on cardboard pages. Guide your child by pointing to the pictures, and say…

  • 10 Ways to Support Your Child’s Desk Posture

  • New clinic at Hunters Hill

    New Clinic in Hunters Hill We are excited to announce that we are opening a new clinic in Hunters Hill!

  • School holiday fun!

    Looking for some inspiration these school holidays? We’ve collated our list of favourite activities for April!

  • 2017 updates in the clinic

    Play and Early Development Talk & Rozelle Markets!   We are excited to announce that we will be participating in a community presentation at Rozelle Espresso on Wednesday 15th March at 10.30am. We will also be setting up a stall at Rozelle Markets – come along and say hello!

  • Qualia is Now a Registered NDIS Provider 

    Qualia is Now a Registered NDIS Provider  The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was recently established to allow children and teenagers with developmental or participation difficulties access services such as occupational therapy. Childhood is such an important time for setting up how a person learns and develops and support provided early will give your child…

  • Do you have spare tennis balls lying around the backyard? 

    Meet Mr Yum! Mr Yum is a fun and engaging hand strength and pincer strength activity. Both of these skills are required for pencil grasp, pencil control for handwriting and self-care skills such as dressing.

  • All I want for christmas is….

      We have come together to compile our favourite list of games, activities and toys to help you with your christmas shopping!

  • Four ideas to help get your child to school in the morning

    Getting ready in the morning with a reluctant participant can make for a stressful start to the day for everyone. Hopefully these tips might help:

  • Glitter bottle

    Why a glitter bottle? Watching a glitter bottle settle can be a great way for a child to calm down.

  • Pencil Pressure

    Keep the Pressure Down! We see lots of children who are exerting excessive pressure through their fingertips and on the page when writing. There are a number of reasons why your child may be pressing too hard on the pencil or the page. This post will aim to give you some tips and tricks to…

  • Qualia’s new artwork

    Lucky us!

  • 10 things to do with a peg

        Therapeutic benefit of household pegs   Pegs are an easily accessible home resource that can be used to assist in the development of fine motor skills, finger strength, appropriate pencil grasp and functional tasks such as dressing and eating.

  • Hair washing, brushing and styling

    Hair Washing, Brushing and Styling   Washing, brushing and styling one’s hair can be an incredibly tactile experience. These activities are a fundamental part of a child’s daily routine and can be really tricky for children who are more sensitive. Here is a list of our favourite tools for hair washing, brushing and styling:

  • Why do we care about handwriting?

    Why do we care about handwriting?   We are asked all the time about handwriting. “We use laptops and iPads for everything, why do I need to bother addressing my child’s handwriting difficulty?” It is a really valid question. However, writing is more than just drawing letters. When you add the cognitive strategy requirements (memory,…

  • 10 Quick Handwriting Warm Ups

    10 Quick Handwriting Warm-Ups   Handwriting warm ups are a great way to get your child ready for writing tasks. These only take 2-3 minutes to complete and can assist your child with getting their hand and finger muscles ready for writing.