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Apple Pie Sensory Bin
One of my favorite ways to work on several skill areas at once is with a sensory bin. Today, I’ve got a really fun and creative sensory bin idea to use during the Fall months, perfect for your occupational therapy sessions. This apple pie sensory bin is not only a cute seasonal apple activity that…
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Retained Primitive Reflexes & Child Development
This post is all about retained primitive reflexes, what retained reflexes look like, and how they impact child development. You’ll find specific strategies to integrate retained primitive reflexes as well. In a recent blog post, we discussed what are primitive infant reflexes, and why they are so important to infant development. Now, it is time…
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Crossing Midline Activities
In this blog post, we are covering all things crossing midline activities…but what is crossing midline?? We’ll get into that too, as well as some fun ways to develop midline crossing skills and specific exercises that kids (and all ages) can do to support development of this motor skills task that is huge in the…
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Adults With Executive Function Disorder
Here, you will find tools and information for adults with executive function disorder and executive functioning issues that impact day to day tasks in adulthood. For adults, executive functioning skills are a part of everything we do. The ability to use these skills with mental dexterity impacts the way we pay attention, focus, plan, and…
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Apple Tree Fine Motor Activity
This apple activity is a fine motor activity for occupational therapy sessions with kids that builds many skill areas. I love this fine motor apple activity because you can make it work for the needs of each child. There is power to using hole punch activities with kids! Working on hand strength? Use the hole…
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Oral Motor Exercises
There are many reasons to incorporate oral motor exercises into your therapy plan. Here, we are covering the reasoning behind several oral motor exercises and strategies to work on mobility and functioning in the mouth, tongue, lips, and jaw. Eating is a functional skill we all do. When there are oral motor issues, occupational therapists…
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Halloween Sensory Bin
Looking for a Halloween sensory bin that inspires mess, sensory tactile play? This spooky sensory bin has purple water beads, plastic spiders, Halloween toys, and is a fun fine motor and sensory activity for developing skills this time of year. Add this idea to your Halloween occupational therapy ideas. Sensory bins are such a fun way…
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Ghost Craft to Work on Scissor Skills
This Halloween cutting craft is an old one that’s been on our site since October, 2018. We love this activity for so many reasons, and wanted to share it again. The ghost cutting activity that we did all those years ago supports development of hand and grip strength, bilateral coordination, eye hand coordination, and more.…
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Task Tracker
They say it takes a village to raise a child. Likewise, it takes a dozen different methods to teach one. Unfortunately, kids are not the same, nor do they learn like one another. Just when you have one figured out, along comes another child with a different set of ideas and learning methods. We have…
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Leaf Cutting Activity for Scissor Skills
This Fall leaf activity is a fine motor task that supports development of so many skill areas. I love that you can gather a handful of colorful leaves from your lawn and work on areas like scissor skills, fine motor skills, line awareness, and bilateral coordination. Then, you can use the snippings as leaf mulch…
