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Problem Solving Activities for Preschoolers
It can be frustrating when children act without thinking of the consequences. In this blog post, you’ll learn about the development of problem solving in specific parts of our brain, discover important aspects of executive functioning that impact problem solving abilities, how to teach problem solving to preschoolers, and problem solving activities for preschoolers and young children so they can…
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Emotions Monster I Spy Page
Working on social emotional learning with kids? This emotions monster I Spy page is a frightfully fun activity for developing an awareness of emotions with a monster theme. Use the printable page to identify emotions and facial expressions. This emotions monster worksheet uses Frankenstein faces, but it’s a hit for all monster fans! Add this…
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Movement Activities Monster OT Slides
Recently, I’ve been sharing some occupational therapy slide decks with you. These slide decks are OT activities that can be used in teletherapy sessions as part of distance OT or distance learning. Today, I’ve got movement activities with a monster theme to share. These are monster themed occupational therapy activities that cover a variety of…
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Free Halloween Visual Scanning Worksheet
Today I have a free Halloween visual scanning worksheet. This one is a find and color activity that develops visual processing skills. Just print off this visual scanning worksheet to include in your Halloween occupational therapy activities. If you’re looking for a low-prep Halloween printable that builds skills, this freebie is the way to go!…
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Fun Dinosaur Activities for Building Skills
Do you know a child that is obsessed with dinosaurs? If so, these dinosaur activities are perfect for developing skills through play. Or, use the dino activities to teach dinosaurs to preschoolers, kindergarteners, and older students learning about the dinosaur age. If your kiddos are anything like mine, then dinosaurs are a year round theme…
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5 Fun Ways to Support Emotional Vocabulary
It can be a challenge to teach develop emotional vocabulary in children and teaching emotion words to preschoolers. In this blog post, you’ll find out how our bodies react to our emotions in threatening situations, how to teach the most common emotion words to preschoolers and strategies to help young children understand emotions by giving them tools to support their emotional development. Oh no! There…
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Ghost Deep Breathing Exercise
Today I have a fun mindfulness exercise for kids…a ghost deep breathing exercise! This deep breathing exercise is great for Halloween or adding to a ghost theme in therapy, the classroom, or home during the month of October, when self-regulation can use the fun of Halloween and ghosts with major calming benefits. You can grab…
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Preschool Occupational Therapy
For parents of preschool children that require occupational therapy services, there can be a lot of questions. Here, we’ll try to cover preschool occupational therapy services. OT for preschoolers and early intervention occupational therapy services can be a whole new world for parents of preschoolers! Play age and stage of development makes a difference in…
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Fun Pumpkin Activities that Build Skills
Are you looking for some super cute pumpkin ideas for the fall themed occupational therapy sessions this season? Pumpkin activities are great for fall, for Halloween, and for Thanksgiving. Once the weather cranks down and turns a little crisper, you can look around and see pumpkins everywhere…big pumpkins, little pumpkins, orange pumpkins, white pumpkins, and even jack o’ lanterns. New to the list is our latest activity-…
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Farm Activities
Well, our themed activities are going really well and seem to be really well received so far. Coming up with themes for occupational therapy sessions is key in organization and strategizing OT activities for every child on your caseload. So far, I’ve shared OT themes for apple activities and back-to-school activities. My hope is that…
