Tip of the Week

Having tummy time with your baby is a great way to encourage them to get moving and start building up those muscles in their upper body that need to control their head, roll over and crawl. NB: Always supervise a baby’s tummy time.

This week we are looking at the therapeutic listening programme and its benefits. One of our Tree Toppers used this alongside his home programme when sitting GCSE’s at school. It definitely helped his anxiety. Another used it when flying.

For those of you who need a good calming technique! This is a lovely one that can be done when no one is looking. Try it and see if it works for you!

Here are a few more calming techniques! Not only do they self-regulate but help with handwriting! Get to work!

More calming techniques for you. These can be used at home, school, work, in a whole group or individually. The strategies will help calm and self-regulate you so that you are in the zone for work. Get cracking!

Here are some tips to help your child’s grip. Don’t forget to check out our website for the videos relating to handwriting and sensory which would further aid your understanding of this challenging area. There’s more to this than meets the eye!

Here are the zones of self-regulation and what they are. Which one are you or your child?

Get the children (parents too!) outside during the summer shutdown with this simple activity which is fun and helps so many areas of their body. Have fun!

Whilst young children under the age of 11 and those with a disability are not currently required to wear a face covering in public places (shops, takeaways etc), a lot of people are wearing coverings/masks to protect themselves and others. Many of our Tree Toppers (children and adults) may be struggling to wear a mask…