As a parent, you rejoice at each new thing your child learns and accomplishes. From the time they offer their first smile or that first step to that first dance concert or soccer game, you enjoy watching them grow, mature, and achieve. However, there are some children...
Is your child overly clumsy? Are they frequently tripping over their own feet, falling, or bumping into things? Does he or she press so hard when writing or colouring that the pencil point or crayon breaks? Do they stomp instead of walk? Or have trouble sitting still?...
As your child grows, he or she will likely begin to show a preference for one hand or the other. While your two or three year old might switch back and forth between one hand and the other, by the age of four it should be fairly apparent which hand your child prefers....
Is your child telling you that handwriting is dead and that computers are the way of the future? Since the digital era began, we’ve been hearing about the demise of handwriting. While there’s no doubt that digital technology is having an impact on the way kids...
Your child’s pencil grip might seem like a silly thing to worry about. As long as they get the words on the page, does it really matter? Actually, yes… handwriting does make a big difference, not only to your child’s learning, but also to their...
In this final part of Kids First’s helpful introduction to the NDIS, our speech pathologists, occupational therapists, psychologists and teachers explain the choices that are available to northern beaches children and families. Read on for all the details...
