Hotary Occupational Therapy Services

10/17/2025

love this! much better than a mini tramp!

09/17/2025

When Dr. Gabrielle Lyon was just 5 years old, her dad took her on 10-mile bike rides—and physical activity became part of her everyday life. That early exposure to movement laid the foundation for her passion for strength, muscle, and now, her career as a board-certified physician and author of “The Forever Strong Playbook.”

“When you instill that kind of physicality into the cultural dynamics of the household, it changes the trajectory for children,” says Dr. Lyon. Now, she’s teaching her own kids the importance of resistance training—much earlier than when she started herself at 17 years old.

As more families bring structured fitness into their routines, experts are noticing a shift. “This generation of children is seeing their parents at the gym, and so it’s more common for a family to do that together,” says Dr. Eva Seligman of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

And even though the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) has been issuing position statements on the importance of youth resistance training since 1985, getting kids involved still feels a bit “avante-garde,” Dr. Lyon says.

“There are these outdated myths, for example, that training affects bone growth and there [are] lots of injuries,” she says.

The other component at play is that culturally, young girls aren’t encouraged to pick up, say, kettlebells from an early age, but instead to enroll in dance classes, for example.

“There is this very early mental programming that I think changes the landscape of musculature in kids,” Dr. Lyon says. “We have to be very conscious of that if we want to change the metabolic landscape.”

09/11/2025

this could be very useful for several families!

A Seattle startup is bringing back the landline—with a twist.

It’s called Tin Can, a Wi-Fi phone designed just for kids. The retro-style handset only makes voice calls to numbers parents approve, with no apps, internet, or texts. Parents say it gives kids the independence to chat with friends without the risks of smartphones.

Demand has been so high that Tin Can is now backordered until December.

08/25/2025

such a great idea! Especially for those super fast kiddos!

oobi

08/03/2025

this is a great idea!

08/03/2025

this is amazing and so accurate

Kindergarten Achievement Standards
1954

06/20/2025

these are amazing…

Things I Never Imagined HEARING
Until I Had Neurodivergent Kids...

👂 😳 🦻 🙉 😵‍💫
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*Mom, people in the men's bathroom are kind of rude.

Do you know,
that if you ask the person who's using the urinal right next to you, what their favorite species of frog is--
they will just run away?
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*My camp counselor wants to talk to you.

I don't know why.

I definitely DIDN'T climb 30 feet up a tree.
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*I WASN'T being inappropriate at library story hour!

She was reading Curious George. I just raised my hand and said she was normalizing colonialism.

George is okay but the Man in the Yellow Hat is problematic.
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*The customs agent asked if I had anything to declare, so I DID.

I told her that I could fit 7 kittens in my pants, comfortably. And 10 if I don't sit down.

I don't know why you are upset.

I used declarative sentences, just like we learned about in school and I wasn't even rude!
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*We tried to separate the children into 2 teams, boys and girls.

But your son and daughter didn't want to be separated, and asked if they could BOTH be in the boy's group.

We didn't mind.

Eleanor joined the boys but apparently took team loyalty quite seriously.

And THAT'S why she is coming home with a permanent marker mustache drawn on her upper lip.

I've got to be honest. I think the kids thought a smaller mustache would be subtle.

But it's not subtle. It's giving "Adolf."

And we wanted to ask your permission before ADDING more marker to her face, to make the mustache less triggering.
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*Can you come help us? We are having a little problem.

Charlie spilled some water and because he has an aversion to damp clothes, he removed his clothes. Yes. All of them.

But he didn't put anything else ON.

We asked him if he would like to get dressed so he could be more comfortable...

and he said, "No thank you," and is currently working on his subtraction worksheet.

We're not sure what to do.
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*Apparently, Charlie brought a small, shark specimen to school. Yes, that's right. The one in the jar.

Normally it wouldn't be a big deal, but the music teacher was letting the kids tap out the rhythm to the "Baby Shark" song, this week.

And when Charlie held up the jar, during Baby Shark, in music class, it made a couple of the children, cry.

Mrs. Martinez will be in touch to give you a heads up about next week's song.

Charlie says he collects taxidermy and we would like to avoid future incidents.
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*Your daughter has been telling me some interesting facts.

What kind of television has she been watching? Some of her topics of interest were....a bit edgy.

Oh....the history of carrier pigeons? On Wikipedia? Well, okay.

I guess I didn't realize that would involve prison cartels, either.

05/18/2025

03/18/2025

olivia has spring break off next week and is available! she’s also available weekends and this summer! she is a wonderful babysitter infants and up and has experience with children with special needs .

02/28/2025

02/28/2025

Your significant otter deserves tacos

02/26/2025

good reminders

Most young children struggle to listen to their parents. That's why experts broke down 6 clever ways to get your kids to listen to you. Link in first comment to learn more.