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Stress Bucket Worksheet for Emotional Regulation
Helping children recognize stress and develop healthy coping strategies is an important part of supporting emotional regulation and participation in daily activities. This free stress bucket worksheet helps kids identify stressors, notice body signals, reflect on emotional responses, and build personalized coping tools that support regulation across home, school, and community settings. Free Stress Bucket…
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Eye Movement and Occupational Therapy
This is an online version of our email Lunch and Learn newsletter all about eye movement. Eye movement skills play a major role in reading, writing, attention, classroom participation, and play. These are the functional tasks we target as goal areas in occupational therapy. When children struggle to keep their place while reading, skip words,…
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August Occupational Therapy Calendar
We love a great Summer OT program for carryover of skills. The best activities involve play and the family. This month’s Occupational Therapy calendar is full of backyard summer fun activities that build skills using sensory processing components. These are great activities to get the kids moving and developing skills using the senses. This August list of Summer things to do with kids and…
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July Occupational Therapy Calendar
Can you believe that July is upon us? This month’s Occupational Therapy calendar is full of backyard summer fun activities that build skills using sensory processing components. These are great activities to get the kids moving and developing skills using the senses. This list of Summer things to do with kids and families this summer is a list of therapist-approved activities that…
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June Occupational Therapy Calendar
If you are looking for Summer occupational therapy activities, this June occupational therapy calendar is for you! It’s loaded with June calendar ideas to help kids move, develop skills, and play this summer. Having a calendar for therapy activities ready to go is important to beat the summer slide when it comes to helping kids…
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Pyramid of Learning
The Pyramid of Learning helps explain how higher-level skills like attention, emotional regulation, problem solving, organization, and executive functioning are built on a foundation of sensory, motor, and nervous system development. For example, executive functioning skills do not develop in isolation. Before the brain can consistently plan, focus, regulate emotions, manage time, or complete tasks,…
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Actividades para enseñar los colores
Hay muchas maneras de incluir el juego multisensorial en la enseñanza de los colores a los niños. Aquí encontrarás formas prácticas y creativas de enseñar los colores del arco iris mediante juegos que ayudan a los niños a desarrollar sus habilidades, a moverse y a crecer. Utiliza estas actividades de colores en preescolar o para…
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When do Kids Learn Colors? Color Recognition in Child Development
As an occupational therapist, I look at color learning as more than just an early academic milestone. The ability to recognize colors, name colors, and use colors is directly connected to how a child participates in everyday activities. And, we use these skills in every therapy session! Think about a typical therapy session: pick up…
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Activities for Teaching Colors
There are so many ways to include multisensory play in teaching colors to children. Here, you’ll find hands-on, creative ways to teach colors of the rainbow using play that helps kids develop skills, move, and grow. Use these color activities in preschool or to teach toddlers colors. It’s a fun way to develop visual discrimination…
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April Occupational Therapy Calendar
If you are looking for OT activities for the month, then you are in luck with this April occupational therapy calendar! April is occupational therapy month and here, you’ll find an Occupational Therapy calendar for your therapy planning. April Occupational Therapy Calendar Not only will you find a great calendar of activities for OT sessions,…
