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Thanksgiving Sensory Bin
This Thanksgiving Sensory Bin was a fun way to foster imaginative play and develop motor skills through a sensory, textural experience. The sensory bin is a Thanksgiving activity that we enjoyed, but it would make a fun Fall sensory bin too, as it used many colors and textures of Fall. Adding in field corn, dry…
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Spider Mindfulness Exercise
This mindfulness exercise uses a spider activities theme, making it great for Halloween activities with kids that need a moment to stop and breathe. I wanted to create a spin on some of our popular mindfulness for kids activities and exercises from the past. (You can access these mindfulness worksheets below). Mindfulness Exercise for Kids…
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Pumpkin Craft to Build Fine Motor SKills
Cute pumpkin craft that helps kids build fine motor skills.
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Community Helpers Slide Deck
Today, I’ve got another virtual OT slide deck coming your way, featuring community helpers! These interactive activities are perfect for occupational teletherapy teletherapy or virtual lesson plans. This community helpers theme includes fine and gross motor based activities, handwriting prompts, a visual perception activity, mindfulness activities, a self-regulation check-in, and an eye-hand coordination activity. This…
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Fall Gross Motor Activities
Adding to the fun of autumn are these Fall gross motor activities. There is so much about this time of year that offers opportunities for heavy work activities and gross motor play, all using a Fall theme! Use these Fall activities for family fun or ways to offer different movement challenges. Many of these ideas…
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125 Writing Prompts for Kids
Handwriting prompts, also known as writing prompts, are a great way to inspire kids to write creatively and express themselves through their handwriting. Writing is an essential skill that kids must develop as it helps them to communicate effectively, build their imagination, and develop critical thinking. For kids that struggle with bad handwriting, practicing legibility…
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Benefits of Mindfulness
There are many benefits of mindfulness, and in particular to the practice of mindfulness for children. Mindfulness affects the brain development and mechanisms in a few different ways according to research. Some research has indicated that the brain is impacted structurally through mindfulness activities. Benefits of Mindfulness Here are a few ways that mindfulness dresses…
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Vision Activities for Kids
Skipping words when reading or copying written work, noticing details about things, reversing letters and numbers, poor eye-hand coordination or being a little clumsy, difficulty with reading comprehension…these are just SOME of the ways that vision impacts functional tasks in kids. Here you will find specific strategies and vision activities that help kids build and…
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Fall Leaves Printable tic Tac Toe Game
Getting this fall leaves bucket list has been on my to-do list for a few weeks now. Here in western Pennsylvania, fall leaves are just about at their peak colors. They are just starting to fall, and that means there are lots of colorful, crunchy leaves to explore and play in! As occupational therapists, we…
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Mask Social Story Slide Deck
Here, you can get a mask social story for kids with sensory needs. Trying to help kids with the task of wearing a mask? Social stories are a great tool for explaining concepts using pictures and affirming words. This social story about face masks is an important one for kids. Whether face masks are needed…
