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Tips for Walking in a Line
Tips for Walking in Line Learning to walk in line may not be easy for some children. There is a lot that goes into students standing in line and walking in a line from classroom to classroom. School based occupational therapy plays a role in this classroom task. Their lack of balance, gross motor coordination,…
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Christmas Sensory Bins
In this blog post, you’ll find fun and easy Christmas sensory bins to use as fun sensory play activities during the holiday season. These festive sensory bin activities are tactile and sensory motor play ideas that support learning and development. You can add these ideas to your Christmas occupational therapy activities in the clinic or…
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What is Stereognosis?
What is stereognosis anyway? This strange word sounds like a type of dinosaur or a new type of stereo. Stereognosis, or the ability to “see” with your hands, is an important skill you do not think much about, until you do not have it (astereognosis). Read on to find out more about stereognosis, what kind…
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Fine Motor Play with Tissue Paper
Today we have a tissue paper crumpling activity (or paper crumbling!) that builds many fine motor skills, including hand strength. In this easy tissue paper fine motor activity, we are working on pinching and crumbling paper is an excellent fine motor exercise for children. It is an activity that works the small muscles of the…
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Ball Pit Activities
This article details ball pit activities to use in therapy sessions (and at home) to support skills like sensory needs, gross motor skills, and other occupational therapy goals areas. Are you lucky enough to have a ball pit at your disposal? Maybe one at your clinic, school, or neighborhood fun park? A ball pit does…
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What is Prompting?
In this blog, we are covering what prompting means and types of prompting that is used to support goal achievement. If you’ve seen therapy goals in the past, you may have seen the words “prompts”, but what is prompting and what does this look like in therapy? Let’s discuss prompting in therapy. Therapists use prompting…
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Candy Cane Puzzles
Today’s free printable candy cane puzzles are a fun Christmas occupational therapy activity that supports skill-building this time of year. Are you searching for a creative and educational solution to enhance your child’s fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, scissor skills, and visual perception? Look no further! In this blog post, we’re unveiling the secrets behind…
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Regulation Station Ideas
In this blog post, we’re covering what you need to know about regulation stations, or a central space to focus on regulation needs. This can look like regulation centers or other group self regulation activities, or a “safe space” to meet regulation needs. With learning differences on the rise, there is a big need for…
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Learn to Dress Toys
This blog post on learn to dress toys, was originally written 11-10-2014 and was updated 12-4-2023. Occupational therapy practitioners work with children on a variety of self-care tasks, one of them being teaching kids to dress themselves. Because of that, we often use learn to dress toys in building dressing skills like managing zippers, buttons,…
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Amazon Deals for Occupational Therapy
In the ever-evolving world of pediatric occupational therapy, finding the right tools and toys to support sensory motor development in children is a question that comes up often. Parents often ask OT providers for their therapy toy recommendations to support their child’s developmental needs. And the fact is that OTs and OTAs often build their…
