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Snowy Farm Sensory Bin
Welcome to a winter wonderland on the farm! In today’s blog post, we’re diving into the magical world of sensory play with a snowy farm sensory bin. This delightful activity combines the charm of a farm theme with the sensory joys of winter, creating an engaging and therapeutic experience for children. This is one of…
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Winter Sensory Bins
Today, we have some great winter sensory bin ideas to use this time of year. When it’s cold outdoors, indoor sensory play is the way to go when it comes to supporting sensory motor needs and facilitating skills. Why? Sensory bins are the best go-to tool for children to engage in a variety of sensory…
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Penguin Activities for Kids
Brrrr it is COLD out there! This is the perfect time of year to add a few penguin activities to a penguin theme or set of winter activities. Here, you’ll find penguin themed ideas for movement, play, cooking, learning, and crafting. Browse these ideas and add them to an occupational therapy intervention therapy plan or…
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Christmas Light Tunnel
This sensory light box is an old blog post here on The OT Toolbox, but this Christmas light tunnel is one that my kids still talk about. Creating a sensory-rich environment is essential for promoting optimal child development, and one innovative way to achieve this is through a DIY project like the one we made…
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How to Host a Messy Play Date
Whether you’re a parent looking to engage your little ones or a therapy professional wanting to host a messy play date at a Mommy and Me therapy clinic, we have you covered with this blog post. We’re talking all things messy play dates and how to set up a messy play day as a therapy…
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When Executive Function Skills Impair Handwriting
Executive function and handwriting are deeply connected. In this blog post, we’re covering how executive function impacts handwriting and the ways to support handwriting by targeting critical thinking skills, including with efficiency. We’ve covered a wide variety of handwriting problems and executive functioning skills can impact these issues in a variety of ways. Executive functioning…
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Beautiful Oops Activity
This “Beautiful Oops” activity is a preschool book craft focusing on fine motor skills with a concentration on awareness of differences, making mistakes, and not focusing on specific details, using a creative book activity based on the book, Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg. If you are looking for hands-on book related activities, this one is…
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Pipe Cleaner and Bead Snowflakes
Having a snowflake party? Or maybe just doing a few snowflake activities in your therapy sessions or classroom and want to hit on fine motor skills with a winter theme? You’re in luck! We’ve got a fun pipe cleaner and bead snowflake activity along with a few snowflake crafts, pipe cleaner snowflakes, craft stick snowflakes,…
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Hand Strengthening Activity with Blocks and Rubber Bands (So Easy!)
Kids and occupational therapists alike will love this hand strengthening activity for kids. It’s a powerful way to build finger strength and increase grip strength using everyday materials. This fine motor activity is an old one…it’s one that we came up with years ago here on the website. It’s fun to look back at this…
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Winter Bird Activities and Crafts
These winter bird crafts are fun winter crafts that support fine motor skills with all things winter birds. We love these as preschool bird crafts because they support skill development, are are great for the winter months when you see cardinals, blue jays, and even a robin or two as winter comes to an end.…
