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Read helpful resources for parents from our therapists and stay in touch with the latest news at Tilton’s Therapy for Tots.
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Back to School List + Goals
Print out your own Back to School Checklist + Goals Worksheet to prep for the new school year ahead. (Download the worksheet in our app)
DIY Sensory Bin
Sensory exploration helps to strengthen the neural pathway and brain perception of the various sights, sounds, textures, temperatures, smells, and tastes. Encourage your child to describe the things they see and feel, and their characteristics, and label the different items for language development too!
Deep Breathing Exercises
Deep breathing is an excellent coping skill to teach and practice with children of all ages since they can use it in all situations to assist their body in self-regulation.
Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Cone Game
Play this active game for a fun spin on an old favorite.
This game helps children develop their auditory processing skills, body awareness, as well as gross motor skills.
Back to School Sensory Bin Maze
Create your own sensory bin at home and get excited to go back to school! This activity develops fine motor skills with pinching, pouring and scooping. Work on language skills to describe the items in the bin. Kids participate in sensory exploration through different textures, smells, sights, things they hear, and if applicable, taste.
Healthy Vision
Our eyes are such a vital part of our body and for children, maintaining healthy vision and addressing issues as they arise is key. Eye exams are a normal and necessary part of your child’s life.
Organization: Back to School
A little planning can go a long way to get organized for going back to school. Although it can feel daunting, some low-cost or free solutions can help everything feel like it is organized and on track. Every family is unique, and can find the tools that work best for their individual circumstance.
Gastroparesis Awareness
It is vital that our digestive system function properly. However, there are many conditions which affect the digestive system and can cause problems. Our stomach muscles move and process the food we eat. When this movement doesn’t function appropriately, it prevents your stomach from removing the contents of it and emptying, which is a condition called gastroparesis.
National Health Centers Week
Community Health Centers were established in 1965. Since then, over 29 million people now have access to affordable health care in over 1,400 establishments that work toward reducing health care disparities.
Breastfeeding Awareness and Developmental Benefits
Breastfeeding is a shared human experience all over the world as a natural aspect of caring for babies. World breastfeeding week falls in August, and during that week, people around the world join together to promote one of WABA’s objectives: to “focus on the impact of infant feeding on the environment/climate change and the imperative to protect, promote and support breastfeeding for the health of the planet and its people,” along with other ways to enable breastfeeding and empower parents.
Immunization Awareness and Disease Prevention
Much research supports the use of vaccines and their effectiveness against preventing life-threatening diseases for children. The recommendations for timing of vaccines largely depends on age and size of a child and their health condition.
Creating Routines
For many of us, this season of our lives has felt much like being on a rollercoaster. We don’t know what is coming next or if we are turning left, right or upside down. It may even feel like we have come to a screeching halt when the ride is over.
Pediatric Psoriasis Awareness
Psoriasis is a common condition which affects many people, as much as two to three percent of the world’s population. Individuals with psoriasis often begin to develop symptoms when they are a child or adolescent. Approximately ten percent of individual with psoriasis develop symptoms before they are 10 years old.
Storytelling Scenes
Fill in the story scenes to create your own worlds right from your imagination! Choose from 10 different scenes to write a story and illustrate it above. You can print the pages out to use coloring pencils, crayons, or markers, or just open on a tablet to draw and write digitally.
Icy Science Experiment
This is a great activity for critical thinking and sensory exploration! Cold is a great way to meet sensory thresholds efficiently to keep children regulated and escape from the heat of the Vegas summer! Also, getting your child to tell you what they think will happen, then, compare it to what actually happens is great for language development.
Coral Reef Watercolor Activity
This activity is great for sequencing and following instructions. You can provide 1, 2 or 3 step instructions to fluctuate the activity to meet your child’s developmental stage.
Personality Tree Craft
How does your child describe themselves? A fun way to explore kids’ personality traits is with this simple personality tree craft. Just follow the instructions to create your own.
Timeline Puzzle Activity
Playing this “puzzle” supports parents and caregivers in teaching children the concepts of time, routine, and organization in a fun and engaging way.
Cotton Swab Fireworks Painting
Create this fun and kid-friendly fireworks painting this July! With only a few supplies, you can create colorful works of art to display.
Finish the Picture Activity
Put your creativity to the test with this fun and simple activity.
Start by printing out our templates for the start of your drawings. Have children choose which design they want to start with and the creativity can begin! Kids can use crayons, markers, colored pencils, or anything they choose to build a drawing around the marks already on the page.