Twister Call Outs – Twist Your Way to Better Directional Awareness
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS If you remember playing twister as a kid you no doubt recall trying to get your body into crazy positions without falling over. Inevitably, you fell over, laughed and did it again. Twister call outs uses a similar format, only you don’t need...
My Child Never Learned to Crawl
Today we wanted to share a guest blog post by our friends at The Inspired Treehouse. Lauren and Claire are pediatric physical and occupational therapists and the co-founders of The Inspired Treehouse where they share information, tips, activities, and strategies to...
Body Shapes – Figuring out new ways to move
by Craig Valency, MA, CSCS It’s one thing to recognize a shape drawn on a piece of paper, but it is another thing to draw that shape. Now, to take it one step further, what if we were to have kids create a shape with their body? Not only are they unable to see what...
Body Part Call Outs – A warm-up for Body & Brain!
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS We assume too much when working with kids. I have been guilty of assuming that they know the names of all their body parts and how to move them. This, of course, created frustration for them and me. I thought they weren’t listening, and they...
The Missing Link to Movement Mastery: Part 2 – Body Awareness
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS As I discussed in the first post of this series, the missing link to true movement mastery is learning the 9 perceptual-motor skills as early as possible. As fitness professionals, teachers, therapists, and parents, we have a unique...
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