Tygerberg Hills Occupational Therapy

01/05/2026

01/05/2026

Kids need to work and play more on…

Vertical Surfaces! Why?

Working on vertical surfaces activates other muscles and strengthens the body for other learning areas.

There are 5 motor areas that can be strengthened and built when kids work on vertical spaces. Plus + 3 top learning benefits you’ll see strengthened in the classroom when kids participate in these activities as well.

Here are all 5 motor areas and the 3 top learning benefits that come from working on vertical spaces:

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30/04/2026

29/04/2026

Many Occupational Therapists use play to achieve the defined goals. The difference to "just playing" is that we offer activities that benefit the expected outcome.
If we are working e.g. on improvement of fine motor skills, we choose a toy that works towards that goal. During studies we learnt to break down an activity into tiny sequences to be sure we are able to offer the just right input at the just right time and in the just right order while scanning the developmental improvement and look out for developmental windows of opportunity which open when a lower developmental step is accomplished.
Doing repetitive table work to improve writing and cutting does not help otherwise the teacher would have made progress in the first place. You always have to go one step back to then go two steps forwards.

28/04/2026

Combining vestibular (movement) and tactile (touch) input creates a powerful sensory "cocktail" that helps regulate the nervous system, improve body awareness in space, and increase focus. This pairing is often used in occupational therapy to enhance motor planning, reduce oversensitivity to touch, and calm the body through controlled, rhythmic movement.

27/04/2026

From tactile defensiveness to full function.

27/04/2026

26/04/2026

Meet the new colleague Dexter. He is now a fully qualified Therapy dog.