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Happy Spina Bifida Awareness Week! The first week in September in Australia is dedicated to raising awareness in the wider community about people living with Spina Bifida. We thought to show our support, we’d share some facts about Spina Bifida. Spina Bifida is a type of neural tube defect that affects about 5000 Australians. A […]

Escape rooms and scavenger hunts are exciting for all ages and you can easily create one with things around your house.These activities aim to get kids thinking critically as they work together to solve the different challenges and escape the room or find the prize within a certain location in the house!  Here are some

Obstacle courses are one of our favourite activities to use in sessions here at CKP.  They have so many benefits for child development and it is something the kids also love to help build and construct.  You don’t need to go Ninja Warrior to have a beneficial obstacle course for your little one! You would

Are you stuck inside on a typical snowy, cold winters day in Orange?  Are your kids starting to tear apart the house looking for something to get their energy out?  Are you out of ideas to keep their little minds busy? Have no fear, we have two fun recipes that are super easy to make

What are goals? A goal is an objective or target someone is trying to reach or achieve at a certain time in their life. Goals are seen as an endpoint and help people to take aim of a desired result.  As human beings, we naturally love rewards! Completion of a task and the satisfaction of

Coming into the warmer months, we naturally spend more time outdoors in the beautiful sunshine! But how long should our kiddo’s be active for?  The following is suggested by the WHO regarding physical activity recommendations for each age group:  Infants  Be physically active several times a day in a variety of ways, particularly through interactive

Why does my child need to achieve their 0-12 milestones?  Milestones are the stepping stones to your child achieving their gross motor skills. Tummy time is a stepping stone to crawling, crawling is a stepping stone to kneeling, kneeling is a stepping stone to standing etc, etc.  So what milestones are expected at what ages? 

What is it and how can we treat it? What is it? Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is tightness of a muscle in the neck called the sternocleidomastoid (SCM). It is usually noticed shortly after birth. It is one of the most common conditions in newborns with approximately 3–20 in every 1000 births. What causes torticollis?

Rolled ankle? Do I need to go to emergency? How many times has your child, or someone else’s come off the sporting field with a sore and swollen ankle? Is it serious enough to take them to emergency? Will you be there for 4 hours just to be told to go home and put some

The movements that mothers make every day, such as hoisting your baby from their cot and hunching over to breastfeed, can lead to irritation of muscles, tendons or joints. Not to mention, the changes to your body from pregnancy, and all those wild maternal hormones that (very importantly) loosen the tissue around joints allowing the