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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!

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

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.  

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

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 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 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…

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.

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…

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    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   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?   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,…