Activity Ideas for Kids: “Productive Parenting”
This week on MamaOT we are focusing on expanding your activity repertoire so you can stock up on great ideas for how to play with the kids in your life! Yesterday I introduced you all to a great kids’...
View ArticleActivity Ideas for Kids: “Growing a Jeweled Rose”
If you’ve been following MamaOT this week, then you know we’re working on expanding your kids’ play repertoire by featuring different websites that focus exclusively on fun and educational activities...
View ArticleActivity Ideas for Kids: “hands on : as we grow”
This week on MamaOT we’ve been featuring various websites and blogs that will give you a creative boost when it comes to coming up with activities to do with the kids in your life. Monday featured “No...
View Article5 great places to find activity ideas for kids
Over the course of the past two weeks I have featured five different blogs and websites that I have found to be really helpful when it comes to finding activities to do with kids. Because each site was...
View Article11 Benefits of Playing with Bubbles
Bubbles are one of my absolute favorite things to use when playing with kids, especially those virtually indestructible Gymboree bubbles I mentioned yesterday (read post here). And since I recently...
View Article22 Questions to Always Ask a Potential Babysitter {Guest Post}
I am pleased to welcome Hannah Munson as MamaOT’s newest guest blogger! Because we parents need a break from our kids every once in a while, it’s important to have a good babysitter or two (or three!)...
View ArticleGet up and dance with your baby!
Have you ever found yourself wondering what the heck to do with a baby who can’t roll, can’t scoot, can’t sit up, or can’t crawl? Um, yeah, pretty sure we all have. Well, you’re in luck, because here’s...
View ArticleFive No-Mess Arts and Crafts for Kids
This weekend I decided to take my little one with me on some errands and, like any curious parent/therapist, I found myself wandering through the arts and crafts aisle at Target. I find that, if...
View ArticleHow to Bring “Big Body Play” Into a Kid’s School Day {Guest Post}
MamaOT is pleased to welcome its newest guest blogger, Jarrod Green. Jarrod is an early childhood development and behavior specialist, and he’s all about understanding how play and sensory-motor...
View ArticleTips for addressing throwing behavior
Let’s be honest: isn’t it annoying when cute little babies or toddlers start throwing stuff? And you can’t even reason with them! Here are five reasons why babies or toddlers might exhibit throwing...
View Article
