Halloween is a holiday of sweets and treats. Sometimes, you need a healthy Halloween snack for the kids that doesn’t involve chocolate, processed ingredients, or high calories. That’s where this Halloween smoothie recipe comes in. Halloween recipes that double as a fun and cute healthy snack is almost as much of a hit with kids as the sugary candy is….
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It’s that time of year! Halloween is just around the corner and so in your therapy clinic or school-based OT room (if you’ve got one!), you may be thinking up halloween activities that work on occupational therapy goals. Here, you’ll find a collection of Halloween occupational therapy activities that kids can use to work on a variety of OT goals…
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Last week, I posted a picture of a sensory writing tray on our Instagram channel. You might have seen it. It was a sensory tray designed to teach handwriting, letter formation, and early literacy skills (letter identification) with a sensory bin. That sensory writing activity has been on the “to-do” list to share with you for some time. Today, I’ve…
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Fall is here and that means it’s time to pull out the halloween crafts! This bat Halloween craft is a favorite in our house, and it’s actually a fun way to celebrate Halloween with kids without spooky decorations. We made another bat craft based on a Halloween book here on The OT Toolbox, and this Halloween craft for kids is…
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If you’ve worked with kids teaching handwriting or fixing handwriting issues, they you probably have come across a common handwriting problem area…Pencil pressure when writing. They may press so hard on the pencil that the pencil tears the paper when they write. When they try to erase, there are smudges that never really go away. Or, you might see pencil…
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