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The Cutest Little Pencil Grasp Trick
Over on Instagram this week, we shared our pencil grasp trick with a treasure chest theme. This pencil grasp trick is one that helps so many kids because there is a common reason for poor pencil grasp, that can be easily remedied. In fact, for kids struggling with pencil grasp and teachers or parents who…
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Following Direction Activities
These following direction activities are directionality activities that can help kids learn directions or spatial concepts such as left, right, up, down, and compass directions (north, south, east, and west) with a motor component. This hands-on learning activity really gets the kiddos moving and learning! We’ve shared directionality activities before that help kids navigate and…
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Ice Cream Play Dough Mat
This Ice Cream Play Dough Mat is a free printable playdough mat that helps kids build hand strength and fine motor skills, all with an ice cream theme. This is such a fun play dough activity for fine motor skills that kids will love! When kids show weakness in their hands, it can be hard…
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Play Dough Bird Activity
If you are doing bird activities with kids, then this play dough bird activity is going to be a hit. It’s a free printable play dough mat that helps kids strengthen their hands for fine motor tasks. Grab this bird play dough mat to work on hand strength and improve fine motor skills with a bird…
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Games that improve pencil grasp
Working on a functional pencil grasp with your child or occupational therapy caseload? Need activities to improve pencil grasp that kids WANT to do? These games that improve pencil grasp through fine motor activities are activities that boost the skills kids need for pencil grasp and games that strengthen the hands. Working on pencil grip…
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Activities to Improve Convergence Skills
Below you will find information about convergence, including convergence insufficiency, and activities to improve convergence skills. These activities can be used by occupational therapists in treatment as indicated by vision screening and based on the individual needs of the child as determined by assessment. The fact is that visual convergence skills impact reading, writing, and…
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Toy Theme Play Dough Mat
This toy theme play dough mat may be just the incentive kids need to build hand strength! Kids can improve hand strength in fun ways when play dough is added to the mix. We’ve been sharing a variety of free play dough mats based on several different themes. These are free printable playdough mats that…
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Woolly Bear Caterpillar Craft Idea
Make a simple woolly bear caterpillar craft to celebrate the coming of the fall season! This caterpillar craft is a fun fall craft idea that can be used in occupational therapy activities to help kids with scissor skills, bilateral coordination, visual motor skills, direction following, fine motor skills, and more. Fall Craft Idea: Woolly Bear…
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Books About Primitive Reflexes
Looking to better understand primitive reflexes, how reflexes impact development, and what you can do to support children (and adults) who have retained primitive reflexes? You are in luck! This collection of books about primitive reflexes offer tools you can use to support functional independence, learning in the classroom, community independence, social emotional learning, and…
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Back to School Fine Motor Tool Kit + A Bonus
In this post I will share with you a super fine motor tool kit that will reach a variety of kiddos and probably contains many items that you already have on hand. It’s back to school time and all of us are beginning to think about how we want to approach the new school year.…
