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Fine Motor Activities with Clothespins
Looking for fine motor activities you can do with kids at home and using items you already have in the house? Today, I’ve got fine motor activities using clothespins. These are great finger strength exercises using activities that can be shared with families so they can work on skills at home or as part of…
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Clover Deep Breathing Coloring Page
Ahhh…taking a deep breath with mindful breathing is such an easy way to add coping skills to a child’s repertoire of sensory diet activities. Deep breathing as part of mindfulness adds a moment of whole-body relief. With all that is going on in the world with the impact of COVID-19, children and families can feel…
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Understanding Teletherapy
There have been many questions in recent days about teletherapy and how to incorporate telemedicine into occupational therapy interventions. Today, I’m excited to share resources and information explaining what is teletherapy, strategies to help kids understand teletherapy (when they are used to their OT seeing them in the classroom or clinic…), what exactly teletherapy looks…
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March Occupational Therapy Calendar
It’s that time again! Here is your March Occupational Therapy calendar for treatment ideas and themed activities designed to work on goal areas. These ideas can be customized to meet the needs of your patient or client and modified as needed. Add these St.Patrick’s Day activities, Spring activities, and shamrock activities to your occupational therapy…
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Improve Finger Isolation with this Clover Thumbprint Craft
Here is a super easy St. Patrick’s Day craft and fingerprint art that builds skills. We made this simple clover thumbprint art one day as we geared up for St. Patrick’s Day. We made four leaf clovers, but you could make shamrocks too. The important part is that kids are getting a great experience with…
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Easter Scissor Skills Activity for Kids
This Easter scissor skills activity for kids is a creative way to work on scissor skills with kids this time of year. Coming up with Easter ideas for kids doesn’t need to be difficult. Use a few items found at your dollar store to help kids address skills like bilateral coordination, graded precision with scissor…
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Cooking with Kids and Hand Skills
Did you know you can work on hands skills with cooking with kids activities? It’s true! In fact, cooking with kids can help kids build hand skills both in the kitchen and out. Actually, using arts and craft activities with kids can build the hand skills kids need for not only kitchen activities, but for…
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Fine Motor Skills Needed at School
Occupational Therapists are often times consulted to assess a child for their fine motor skills that are needed in school and for resources to build fine motor skills in the classroom. When a child’s fine motor skills are lacking, classroom tasks can be difficult and result in delays in many aspects that are necessary for…
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Floor Play for Babies
Baby floor play is one of those essential play activities that maybe kids are missing out on more than ever. Here we are talking about why babies need to get down on the floor to baby play, and how to set up floor play activities for babies and toddlers. Baby development depends on movement and…
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Awesome! Your Slide Deck is in your inbox!
Want to make therapy planning easier? Want to help kids develop fine motor skills so they can hold a pencil, color, cut, tie shoes, and other motor tasks? The Summer Fine Motor Kit is on sale now for a limited time. Your slide deck file should be delivered to your email inbox shortly. Don’t see…
