When winter shuts the garden and the kids start climbing the walls, your home is already a gross motor gym. Here's how to build muscle tone, balance, bilateral integration, midline crossing, and ball skills with nothing more than masking tape, couch cushions, sock balls, and a balloon, plus a few Tiny Tree pieces (Wobble Stones, Balance Board, Giant Daisies, Stepping Stones) to extend the play when you're ready for more.

Is your child biting at school or at home? Paediatric OT Ezette Fourie breaks down the real sensory and developmental reasons behind toddler biting, and gives parents five practical steps to take when it happens.