Kids Potential is a small, family owned business that prioritises staff well-being and client care above all else. We provide Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology mobile services to children in their homes, schools and childcare facilities on the North and South of Brisbane. Our office...
Finding fun games that work on fine motor and letter awareness can be challenging. The games in this article are easy to be reproduced at home and can focus on the sight words from school for the week. Specialised equipment is not required, rather just...
The Raising Children Network's Baby Karaoke is now available as a smart phone app for iOS and Android. Follow the link below to download the app and use it anywhere - at home, at the park or on car trips. Nursery rhymes are a fun...
The Hanen centre has a great article about pretend play, which helps children with their communication and thinking skills. When children are developing these skills, it's important for them to have fun! Some fun pretend play scenarios include; tea parties with favourite toys, playing princesses or...
There is more and more evidence coming out that says reading together has many benefits for your child - reading can help both language and social/emotional development, both of which are important factors for children to function at school. http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/ent…/science-proves-reading- to-kids-changes-their-brains_us_55c26bf4e4b0f1cbf1e38740?section=Australia ...
By Laurel Bongiorno - from the excellent famillies.naeyc.org website. 1. Children learn through their play. Don’t underestimate the value of play. Children learn and develop: cognitive skills – like math and problem solving in a pretend grocery store physical abilities – like balancing blocks and running on the playground new...
April was is autism awareness month so the team at Kids Potential shared some interesting articles on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on our Facebook page. This post on ways to encourage children with autism to communicate was one of our most popular so we've reposted the information here...
To round off our series of Facebook posts for autism awareness month, we shared this video about Carly, a girl with severe autism. With the support of her family and many hours of therapy, Carly is able to communicate her thoughts and feelings via her...
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...