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Fall Fine Motor Worksheets
If working on developing fine motor skills this Fall is something you’re focusing on, these Fall fine motor worksheets are the way to go. Add these printable clip cards use clothes pins or paper clips to develop hand and finger dexterity and grip and pinch strength to a Fall theme. Use these Fall leaves clip…
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Writing Activities for Reluctant Writers
When kids really struggle with handwriting, it is difficult to improve because sometimes doing hard things is just too hard. In this blog post we have strategies and support ideas to help kids become more motivated to practice handwriting. How to Make Handwriting Practice Motivating Handwriting practice doesn’t have to be boring, especially for kids…
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Turkey Templates and Thanksgiving Printables
One very fun Thanksgiving activity that supports development in occupational therapy is using Thanksgiving printables to work on specific skill areas and these free turkey templates are just one more. Not only are printable sheets perfect for using at the Thanksgiving dinner table, but kids can have fun working on turkey puzzles, turkey coloring pages, and even using as Thanksgiving decorations. Below, you’ll find…
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Place Value Scarecrow Craft
Fall is the perfect season to incorporate scissor skills and fine motor activities into fun, themed crafts, and this scarecrow project checks every box. Whether you’re working on cutting practice, pencil grasp development, or visual motor integration, this craft combines it all with a seasonal twist. Plus, it’s a great way to tie in academic…
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Jungle Animal Finger Puppets
Today, we have a free printable set of paper finger puppets you can print off and start using in play activities to support fine motor skills. Finger puppets are a simple yet powerful tool for supporting fine motor development, especially in the areas of finger isolation and separation of the sides of the hand, two…
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Saccades and Learning
Read below to learn about visual saccades and learning in kids, including how saccades affect learning, more about what are visual saccades, or visual scanning, and what saccadic movement looks like. You’ll also find information on saccades and smooth eye movements and the visual processing needs that impact learning. This information on vision can be helpful…
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In-Hand Manipulation and Money
Moving the pencil within the tips of the fingers to switch from writing to erasing.Passing small beads from the palm of the hand to the finger tips.Holding a stack of coins in the palm while counting out the amount needed to pay for an item. These are all in-hand manipulation tasks, and can be a…
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Fun Activities to Improve Visual Saccades
We’ve shared much information on visual processing over the last few months. You’ve seen tips for addressing convergence insufficiency, visual tracking concerns, and other visual skill areas. Today we are talking about saccades and activities to improve saccades. These are the eye movements that allow the tracking skills necessary for reading comprehension, handwriting, and so…
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Therapy for Picky Eaters
In this blog post, we are covering therapy for picky eaters. Occupational therapists and speech therapy practitioners often cover extremely picky eating in therapy sessions, but how do they know where to begin with food therapy? Let’s cover specifically how to help extremely picky eaters, food for picky eaters, and therapy suggestions for extremely picky…
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All About Me Preschool Activities
One of the most popular back to school themes for preschoolers is “All About Me.” so this blog post, loaded with all about me preschool activities (also great for the Pre-K age range) is a great one to start off the school year. The preschool activities that can be incorporated in this theme range from…
