Jump Leap Fly

20/08/2025

A furry little visitor to the practice today brightened up our therapist hearts and filled our cup! thank you to our neighbors for sharing this precious little pup with us!

01/08/2025

What a wonderful initiative - I love this!

Tribe around the table and I are very excited to share that we will be running our second round of the Neurodiversity for Nannies training in September due to the success of the first round.

We aim to equip these special angels who look after our neurodivergent kiddies with such care and dedication so that they feel more empowered and ultimately benefit our children too.

If you know of a family that this training may support, please share.

Many thanks,
Gina and Orit

15/07/2025

Proud to have been a part of this at its conception - such a lovely project! Glad it’s still going strong! 💪🏻

13/07/2025

Please help support a worthy cause if you can!

🚨 Emergency Announcement – We’re in Crisis 🚨

After an emergency Board Meeting, we’ve had to make one of the most heartbreaking decisions in our history:

As of tonight, Lucky Lucy can no longer accept new animal intakes or provide emergency outreach support until further notice.

From the end of January 2025, we saw a rapid decline in income — due to cancelled debit orders, emigration and the growing financial strain on our community. We’ve tried to hold on, to stretch every cent and to continue serving animals in need … has brought us to a breaking point and we’ve reached a point where we simply cannot go on without help. We’ve done everything possible to keep going quietly… but we can no longer ignore the red lights flashing.

We must first protect the animals already in our care — to do otherwise would be irresponsible and unsafe.

If you believe in what we do — please, help us keep going. We’ve always been here for them. Now, we need you to be here for us. Even R100 a month can help keep the lights on and the animals warm.

Making a Donation:
The Lucky Lucy Foundation
Standard Bank
Account Number: 410514039
Branch Code: 02391 (Cape Gate)
Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ
Reference: DONATION / Your Name

Monthly payments can be scheduled directly from your bank account or you can send us an 📩 email to contact@luckylucy.org to sign up as a monthly guardian angel for the animals in our care.

Alternative Payment Options
🔹 SnapScan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/STB17B46
🔹 Zapper: https://zapper.com/url/G-bkBCNc8W
🔹 YOCO (Card Payments): https://pay.yoco.com/lucky-lucy-foundation
🔹 PayPal: https://paypal.me/luckylucyfoundation

📩 Please send proof to 072 779 7424 (WhatsApp) or contact@luckylucy.org so we can allocate your gift correctly.

Want to Help Our Special Needs & Senior Animals Directly?
You can consider contributing directly into our vet bill account to help cover medical costs, medication, and treatments:

Bergzicht Animal Hospital – Malmesbury
ABSA
Account Number: 4063812698
Branch Code: 334307
Reference: LLF 4833
(Please make sure to use the exact Reference nr when making the payment)

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every donor who continues to stand by our side. Your unwavering support means the world to us — we truly value and appreciate you.

The Lucky Lucy Foundation Team

02/07/2025

18/03/2025

What a heartwarming treat to receive this email from a previous client - next year our OT practice will be celebrating 20 years of service to this community and it's emails like these that keep us motivated and going! Thanks for sharing your reflections with us and allowing us to share it with others to encourage them on their journey with OT!
*personal information has been omitted for privacy reasons!

Dear Lourdes

Hope you and your family are well.

You may not recall us as this was a long time ago, but I wanted to email you today.

I brought my son to be assessed at around age 3 when you were still in Blaauwberg Road, and my husband was convinced I had been reading too many books but came to trust my Mother Bear instinct 100% thereafter. I was an older Mom and previously a high school teacher. We discovered my son’s Sensory Processing Disorder. My son was born with urinary reflux so potty training had some challenges when he started school at age 3.

We have reached a huge milestone as a family, and we wanted you to know how grateful we are for contributing to this. My son completed his matric and now has started doing an IT degree.

I recall the meetings at his school with the psychologist and yourself helping the staff to better work with my son because at that time Sensory Processing Disorder was not widely understood in mainstream teaching; and to check on my son’s behaviour and function in the classroom.

The Sensory course that you sent my husband and I on for his SPD was the most life changing thing we have ever done. The knowledge and understanding it gave us as parents was priceless and set the tone for our parenting and our support of our son. Our son was further diagnosed with dyslexia and ADD, he moved from his mainstream school in grade two to a remedial school and takes Ritalin medication. Further as a teenager he was diagnosed with other physical challenges. So, he has had a busy journey so far.

When the other children were loving sports day, but we had moments of fun but also meltdowns to our son later loving sport. Our son takes a ball everywhere he goes, even through high school and I asked him why he always insists on taking a ball. And he said because it was a great way to meet people and engage, wise words! From taking our own food for our son to parties or where we went till about the age of seven, going from a fussy eater to being a young man who literally will try any food and eats far more healthily than his cousins. To ignoring the noise from others. We now can laugh about the fact we peeled Vienna sausages! From the awesome brushing over the years to the many fun toys and balls and still lots of blankets today. Learning to leave the party strong and not stay when our son was going to become overwhelmed. Arriving at my nephew’s 6th birthday on a farm and getting our son out the car, the farm smell completely overwhelming at the time, so getting straight back into the car to go home! For taking years to want to go to the beach and years before wetting our face to loving nature and completing a scuba diving indoor pool course at age 9; with the goal of free diving soon now that he is 18 !

Smell was the hardest sensitivity to change! But he can now tolerate!

All of the above was made possible because we as parents would learn to nurture our son’s unique experience and understand Sensory Processing Disorder. This was the foundation for our family engagement and taught to be better parents at a crucial time of our son’s development.

We just wish to share our thanks and sincere gratitude from the bottom of our hearts for all the work you and Jill have done. It truly matters.

Best wishes

The ###x Family

19/12/2024

We are excited about having someone new join our team - if you’re wanting to be part of the jumpleapfly family - let us know!

13/09/2024

We are lucky to have a school like this in our community! If you’re looking for a small remedial school just for foundation phase to fill in the gaps in your child’s development - check out Olive Tree! Sue worked with my children when they were little and we were so grateful for her help!

Enrollments are now open for 2025. If you are looking for a small, nurturing environment for your child please contact our principal to arrange a visit. We are excited to welcome new families!

Sue 083 083 583 9885
olivetreesmallschool@gmail.com

15/08/2024

We love these locally made mobiles for baby stimulation and sensory play!

Sea theme dangles

05/02/2024

So proud of our little clients - jumping, leaping and flying at their school! What an honour and a blessing it is to be part of their journey! Well done boys!

25/01/2024

Thank you Louise Kitchin for this amazing positive feedback about our Groovy Adventurer Books for babies and toddlers:

'Last year a colleague asked me how her daughter could stimulate development in her child who has delayed development. They live in a rural area and can't easily access therapy services. I recommended your Jump Leap Fly books. She gave me feedback this week that her daughter is finding your book so helpful in guiding her what to do and giving her confidence.'

Get your copy here:

https://www.jumpleapfly.co.za/product/groovy-adventurer-book/

Or if you prefer an eBook - find a copy here:

https://www.jumpleapfly.co.za/product/groovy-adventurer-ebook/

We love getting positive feedback!

With our Groovy Adventurer books you will discover loads of sensory-motor activities for your child that you can do at home!

24/01/2024

Working memory - what is it and how can we help - another great post - thanks The OT Toolbox!

Great read on working memory.

Love the part about "one of the key responsibilities of working memory is to manage, manipulate, and transform information from short-term and long-term memory"...

Manipulating and managing information is work. Working that information transforms it to usable information. It all goes together!

"Working memory is a system of interlinked components. The working memory system includes verbal and visual-spatial short-term memory stores. Verbal short-term memory holds information that can be expressed in numbers, words, and sentences. Visual-spatial short-term memory holds images, pictures, and information about location in space. Working memory also has a component that helps us resist distractions and remain focused when engaged in a task that requires working memory.

One of the key responsibilities of working memory is to manage, manipulate, and transform information from short-term and long-term memory. Working memory is the “go-between” for short and long-term memory. For example, solving a math word problem involves holding on to the details of the word problem in verbal short-term memory while retrieving from long-term memory the basic math facts needed to carry out the calculations involved in solving the problem."

Read the full article here: https://dyslexiaida.org/working-memory-the-engine-for-learning/

Read about on strategies, tips, red flags, and actionable activities to support working memory: https://www.theottoolbox.com/how-to-improve-working-memory/