Category: Parent Resources
3-Ingredient Homemade Playdough

Making playdough is a quick and fun activity that you can do at home with very few ingredients! You likely have everything in your pantry/cupboards to create this Homemade Playdough with your family. Goals that can be addressed with this activity: Following multi-step directions Tactile defensiveness Sensory integration Fine motor…
DIY Slime Recipe (without Borax!)
Making slime is a fun activity that you can do at home with very few ingredients! If you’re a contact lens wearer, you might just have everything in your pantry/cupboards at home to make this DIY Slime with your family. This recipe has been adapted from The Kitchn. Goals that…
Circles of Influence & Control: What NOT to worry about (free printable)
Developmental Tasks in Children and Teens

Developmental Tasks in Children and Teens Robert J. Havighurst first introduced the idea of developmental tasks (Newman & Newman, 2018). A developmental task is a set of skills learned and mastered by a specific stage of development. He believed that the core of human development is the process where children…
Glow up! Dark Sensory Room Toy and Game Ideas
Must Haves: Our Sensory Cave Essentials
Visual Motor Skills: What they are and why they are important
When Should a Child be Referred for Speech Therapy?
Paralinguistic Imitation: Why your Toddler should be a “Copycat”

Mimicry and Language Development. “Stop copying me!” One of those age-old phrases that many a parent of multiple children shudders to hear. While being a “copycat” or mimicking a sibling can be annoying to your other kids, it is actually something that should be encouraged in late talkers and young…