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21/10/2026

TOE WALKING: A SMALL CHANGE, AN UNEXPECTED RESPONSE! 👣

We had been working on toe walking through various therapeutic activities, including textured surfaces and incline treadmill walking.

Recently, we introduced a targeted sensory modification near the forefoot.

And something interesting happened!

The child demonstrated improved heel contact during walking.

This was an encouraging observation, and we’re now monitoring whether the improvement continues without the modification.

Important: This is an individual clinical observation, not a proven treatment or permanent correction. Toe walking can have sensory, musculoskeletal, or neurological causes. Please do not recreate this modification at home without your OT guidance inside footwear, as they may cause pressure injuries or skin irritation.

Every child needs an individualised assessment.

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04/10/2026

A child who is always moving fast may also find it difficult to slow down, control the body, and stay focused during a task.

In this activity, the child pulls a tyre using a rope and removes cloth pegs placed along the way. This combines heavy work with fine-motor precision, encouraging the child to use strength while also stopping, focusing, pinching, and controlling movement.

It works on:
• Body awareness and motor control
• Grip and hand strength
• Bilateral coordination
• Attention and task persistence
• Regulation through purposeful heavy work

Because sometimes the goal is not just to make the body move — it is to teach the body how to move with control.

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03/10/2026

What looks like a simple “pick the peg and drop it in the basket” activity is actually asking the child’s body to do multiple things at once.

While climbing and maintaining position on an unstable rope ladder, the child has to stabilize with one hand, release the other hand, reach accurately, pull the peg, maintain balance, and complete the task without losing focus.

This activity works on:
• Dynamic balance & postural control
• Core and upper-body strength
• Grip strength
• Bilateral coordination
• Motor planning
• Visual-motor coordination
• Body awareness
• Sustained attention

In Occupational Therapy, sometimes the activities that look the simplest are doing the most work.

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30/09/2026

Signs of a Retained TLR
If the reflex does not integrate properly, older children may show certain challenges:
• Poor posture or low muscle tone
• Balance and coordination issues
• Trouble with spatial awareness
• Motion sickness or discomfort with movement

28/09/2026

Why are we doing this activity?
When a child gets overexcited, is always on the go, or finds it difficult to slow their body down, simply saying “Calm down” may not be enough.

Here, the child pulls against a resistance band, listens to which ring is called, moves toward it, and then has to stop and position their body inside the correct ring.

This activity challenges listening, body awareness, motor planning, and controlled movement together. The resistance provides proprioceptive input, while stopping inside a specific ring encourages the child to slow down, organize their movement, and gain better control over their body.

Because the brain and body work together, practicing body control can support the skills needed for better self-regulation in everyday situations. 🌟

We don’t just tell a child to “calm down”—we create opportunities for their body to practice HOW. 💛

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26/09/2026

✍️ Just 2 Exercises for Faster Handwriting!

Does your child write slowly, struggle to finish classwork on time, or get tired while writing?
Try these two simple finger exercises:
🐛 Creeping Crawlies – helps improve finger dexterity, coordination and controlled finger movements.
👍 Creeping Thumb – works on thumb mobility, stability and pencil-control skills.

These exercises target the fine-motor foundations needed for smoother and more efficient handwriting.
Practice regularly and gradually work towards better control, fluency and writing speed.

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22/09/2026

My child doesn’t seem aware of where his body is.

Moving forward and backward through a spiral rope maze challenges much more than just walking.

The child has to judge space, stay within the pathway, control speed, change direction and continuously adjust body position without stepping over the rope.

This activity works on:
✨ Body & spatial awareness
✨ Motor planning
✨ Balance and coordination
✨ Directional awareness
✨ Attention and movement control

These skills are important when a child needs to navigate around people and objects, follow movement directions, move safely through different environments and participate in everyday activities with better control.

At Proactive Child Development Center, every movement has a purpose. 💛

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19/09/2026

He rushes through his work and can’t slow his body down… Here’s how 👇

Instead of repeatedly asking a child to “slow down,” we can provide purposeful resistance and controlled movement.

Pulling the tyre provides heavy-work input, while transferring the rings from one side to the other encourages bilateral coordination, motor planning, body awareness, attention, and controlled movement.

The goal isn’t simply to reduce movement—it’s to help the child organize movement and use it purposefully. 💪🧠

At Proactive Child Development Center, we use goal-directed activities to build skills that support participation at home, school, and during everyday routines.

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18/09/2026

Attention and Core stability activity 🎯💪🏼🧠