Sometimes it can be a challenge to help children understand the importance of flossing. The process of flossing can also be difficult for children to see when demonstrating at home.

Create this festive garland with just a few supplies but lots of developmental benefits!

Get in the Valentine’s Day spirit with this fun bingo game!

Use your leftover candy hearts to develop visual perceptual skills and fine motor skills. This activity uses visual perceptual skills to sort by color and identification of colors. Practice fine motor development using pincer grasp to pick up hearts and place into the correct spot.

This activity focuses on developing gross motor skills, motor planning, following directions, as well as auditory processing while listening to when the music starts/stops.

Scissor skill development to address distal dexterity, hand strength, eye-hand coordination, rhythmic timing of coordinated cutting, bilateral integration, tactile exploration, sequencing, and attention to task.

Facilitation of sequencing, following directions, material management, cutting, and drawing to create a Puurrfect Friend! Build on this fun craft with some imaginative play and fun animal sounds or gross motor movements when you pretend to be cats, too!

Promotion of visual scanning skills and visual- motor integration for color identification and sorting. Add language for description of color, size and quantity while you play!

The WH Questions Game requires a lot of language skills. A child must understand the question word, understand the grammar of the question, and make sense of the information and the social context.

This craft works on the development of fine motor and visual motor skills, following directions, and attention to detail. It is a fun opportunity to play and talk about dental hygiene at home.

Give your child a fun sensory experience while learning colors, counting, building core strength for stability during reaching for sorting, and visual- motor integration to scan, motor plan for obtaining heart, fine motor dexterity to retrieve the heart, and gross motor skill for reaching and placing the heart with the same color or same size.

This activity is so easy to set up and kids can help with a very minimal cleanup process!

You’ve probably been told to visit a dentist every six months for routine cleaning. During these visits, your dentist will check for tooth decay, gum disease, and other oral hygiene-related issues. It is recommended to visit the dentist every six months to catch potential problems early — before it becomes a serious procedure or life-altering problem.

Statistically, a baby is born with a congenital heart defect (CHD) every 15 minutes. This amounts to roughly 1 in every 100 births resulting in a congenital heart defect. This February, we are bringing awareness to congenital heart defects as part of American Heart Healthy Month.

The American Dental Association promotes National Children’s Dental Health Month during the month of February. During this month, professionals and healthcare providers in the industry aim to provide and promote the benefits and impact of good oral health for children.

Our hearts are so important for our overall health; the heart is the force that allows our blood to circulate and keep us going. During the month of February, the American Heart Association projects the message about promoting heart healthy habits and awareness of how you can prevent heart disease.

Depression in children is not an entirely uncommon diagnosis, especially in teens. ADHD, behavior problems, anxiety, and depression are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in children (cdc.gov). Approximately 1.9 million kids between the ages of 3-17 have been diagnosed with depression. When a child is diagnosed with a different disorder, the likelihood of depression may increase.

February is American Heart Healthy month, an important time to acknowledge the ways in which we can keep our hearts healthy. More and more often in recent years people of all ages have suffered heart health issues due to things that could be changed or recognized sooner.

Sort and stack snowflakes by size and design to build a sparkling "snow tower."