16 Perfect Sensory Toys for a Magical Christmas: Wellness & Creativity Gift Ideas
The holiday season is fast approaching, along with the desire to give unique and meaningful Christmas gifts. At fdmt, we believe a gift can be more than just a toy; it can be a genuine tool for w...
Sensory Break: 3 Activities to Integrate Into the Classroom
Discover our suggestions for activities to use in your classroom routine in order to integrate sensory breaks with movement!
The Importance of Sensory Breaks at School
To be ready to learn, childre...
Sleep and Resilience
Nowadays, it’s more and more common to hear about stress management, balancing our activities, taking care of ourselves, and learning to let the rhythm of life carry us. Did you know that to move t...
The Sensory Space, an Essential in Your Classroom
Learn how simple it is to add a sensory space in your classroom that will contribute to your Social-Emotional Learning program
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Using the Sense of Sight to Facilitate Functioning
Sight: a complex and interesting sensory process
Without a doubt, sight is one of our most used senses every day. The visual system is not just about vision or visual acuity, but also about visual ...
Opposing child: How to improve cooperation?
All children resist to obey, what could be more normal? However, it seems that some of them get on our nerves on purpose! They are always the first to oppose the slightest instruction. So, can we e...
Taking the Stress Out of Holiday Shopping: The Best 2022 Gift Guide for Sensory Tools
It’s unavoidable: the buzz of the holiday season is starting to sound louder and there’s an excitement in the air. It’s palpable! Gift giving can be such a special, unique, and memorable experience...
Christmas Shopping Made Easy: Canada’s Best-Selling Weighted Plush Is the Perfect Gift Idea
Without fail, every year around this time, parents and grandparents start the mad dash to find the perfect gift for the special children in their life. The holidays just wouldn’t be the same withou...
How Others See Us
It’s difficult to be completely indifferent to how others see us. This is true for everyone, but for an autistic person, it’s what will make the difference between living and surviving.
We can’t ...
How to help a child with ADHD to carry out their routines?
Time management, doing all his steps, going back and forth between school and home… Even though it seems like we are always behind them, they want it as much as anyone! With a few good strategies, ...
Our Brain and the Many Benefits of Crossing Midline
Going about our daily task and activities, adults are often crossing midline without giving it much thought at all. As we tie our shoes, read, turn the steering wheel while we drive, and reach for ...
How Do We React To Our Child's Report Card?
What if we tried to be a little less emotional? We love them and we want the best for our children, that's normal! You can be proud of them or worried about them, but you shouldn't let them know th...
The taboo of saying "no"
What is it about “no” that makes us uncomfortable and leads us to taking on more tasks that we can handle? Strategies to overcome the guilt and avoid becoming overwhelmed.
From a young age, the ...
Using Our 5 Senses to Soothe Kids’ Stress
When our kids are feeling most overwhelmed, their emotions can really appear to be all over the place. Sadness, excitability, irritability, anxiety… you name it; they feel it. Making meaning of the...
Out of This World: Space-Themed Sensory Fun!
When looking to set up a sensory-friendly space – whether in a home or a school – lots of thought is given to both form and function. We’re examining what each item’s purpose is and trying to meet ...
Little Guide to Help You Manage Your Child's BIG Emotions
Whether you are a parent, educator or teacher, there will come a time where you might become preoccupied and feel out of resources to support your child’s big emotions. If you are looking for addit...
How should I react when my child is anxious?
They’re afraid of mascots, spiders, putting their head in the water, going to daycare, saying hello to visitors, sleeping alone in their bed ... In short, there are plenty of fears and this is perf...
Autonomy and winter clothes: quite a storm!
“My scarf is too tight.” “I can’t put on my boots.”
A child’s independence with dressing and undressing from winter clothes is difficult to achieve sometimes. This activity requires mastering sev...
5 Creative Costume Ideas for Halloween 2021 – styled by fdmt
“I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!” Remember the classic book and subsequent childhood movie Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? White Rabbit had a pesky habit of running late. You might...
Our Human Body – An Extraordinary GPS System!
Every day, your child runs, jumps, climbs, plays ball, rides a bike and walks without calculating all of these movements in space. They perform a series of movements without thinking, in an automat...
The Importance of Play for Autistic Children
Play is an important part of a child's development. It builds fine and gross motor skills, social skills, communication skills, language, thinking and problem solving skills.
With autistic childr...
The woman behind the entrepreneur
Karine Gagner, the woman behind fdmt. Passionate and inspiring entrepreneur dedicated full-time mom, it's a wonder how she manages to do it all in only 24 hours. She juggles many roles while mainta...
How can I help my child with ADHD focus on homework and lessons?
There are so many things to deal with during homework and lessons! Since the child with ADD/ADHD is like a little cat that has just seen a squirrel pass by, they forget quickly, get distracted and ...
Count Me In! Becoming and Staying Physically Active
Physical activity should be a part of everyone’s week throughout their lifespan. Regular exercise lessens anxiety, improves sleep, increases endurance, builds muscles, develops motor skills and off...
