Simple Pleasures
Simple Pleasures Muffin Tops Just what we have been asking for… only the top of the muffin. Plus, these VitaTop muffins are healthy, satisfying and only 100 calories. They come...
Fun Activities
Making Time for Fitness
Making Time for Fitness Time management may be one of the most debilitating aspects of life for families with special needs children. I have heard the “we don’t have time”...
Running: My Temporary Escape
Running Like many parents of children with special needs, my child is my life. I become so engrossed in helping my child that I forget myself. In having a child...
MOTORING through MEALTIME
Mealtime presents many opportunities for a variety of sensory and motor skills to be developed also! A lot of kiddos with special needs struggle with “picky eating” or “problem feeding”...
Listening Game Helps with Identifying and Make Sounds Familiar
Listening Game Hearing a sound they can’t identify can be scary for children, and there are so many sounds in our world. This game helps make them familiar. Goals Listening...
Simple Yoga Exercises for Improved Development
When starting a yoga practice with your child, try the following poses. Cross the mid-line Crossing the mid-line enhances brain development. An example of this is to sit with...
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying Over nearly a decade of providing fitness programs for the autism and special needs populations, I have played around and tested a good abundance of different...
Wrapping Paper Game
Wrapping Paper Game Picture this: Everyone has opened their presents and played with their toys. The living room is strewn with wrapping paper and ribbons, you’ve already eaten, it’s too...
Art from the heart! Meet the Artist Angie
Angie Hometown: Brandon, Mississippi Angie is full of Love: Love of Hanna Montana, the Jonas Brothers, High School Musical and anything Disney. She loves to sing and dance. And she...
It’s Fall: Sneak in a Little Outdoor Fun Together With Your Kids
Seek & Find Outside Time School is hard work for many Special Needs children. Students are expected to sit in one spot, calmly walk in orderly lines, speak only with...
