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Thank You Daily Professional Self-Reflection Sheets
Thank you for grabbing the Daily Professional Self-Reflection Journal Pages for Occupational Therapists. The freebie email should be in your inbox right now. Use the printable pages to self-reflect on daily interactions, to grow and develop as an occupational therapist, and to guide professional development.It’s our hope that you will join us in The OT…
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Thank You Cursive Flashcards
Thank you for grabbing the Cursive Flashcards. Right now, you should have an email with the freebie in your email inbox. There, you will be able to access the cursive writing assessment checklist.Use the flashcards to match, sort, identify, and practice letter formation. Laminate them and trace over the letters with a dry erase marker. How…
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Thank you for Downloading the Cursive Writing Certificate
Use the Cursive Writing Certificate as a way to celebrate completion of a cursive writing program at home or at school.If you arrived on this page by search and would like to download the free printable cursive handwriting assessment checklist, grab it HERE.Use these cursive writing activities to further address needs such as letter formation, progression,…
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What is PANDAS?
I’ve had a few questions and comments recently about PANDAS. I wanted to put together a collection of resources for PANDAS and PANS so that families, teachers, therapists, grandparents, and caregivers can easily find everything they need to know about this disorder. The links below are sites that describe more about PANDAS and PANS, including…
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Calm Down Strategies for School
A child is over responding to sensory input from the classroom environment. The fluorescent lights are too bright, the janitor is rolling his cart down the hallway, a new pair of socks are too tight, and a fly is buzzing near a window. The combined sensations are too much. Calm down strategies for school might…
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6 Ways Core Strength Impacts Handwriting
When a child sits down to write at a desk, it can be easy for everything to go awry and messy, illegible handwriting to result. It might be poor carryover of handwriting skills, difficulty with letter formation, visual motor skills that are not up to par, or weak fine motor skills and pencil grasp struggles.…
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The Floor is Lava Games
As kids, we used to hop from couch to couch and make a flying leap across the living room to the corner chair. We would hop from one surface to another with one thing on our minds… The living room floor had turned into boiling hot lava! When my kids started hopping around from pillow…
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Executive Functioning Skills in the Day of a Child
For kids who struggle with executive functioning skills, there are parts of the day that require more intentional focus in order to successfully progressthrough the day. Identifying high-stress or high-processing times during the day can help parents, teachers, and therapists come up with a plan of action for executive functioning skills and kids’ daily activities.…
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Clothespin Busy Bags for Fine Motor Strength
This clothespin busy bag is a clothespin occupational therapy activity that we’ve had on our site for a long time (originally written June 19, 2017). We love to use busy bag activities in therapy to work on a variety of skill areas. When kids struggle with weak fine motor skills, they can have difficulty in…
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Thank You Christmas Occupational Therapy Activities
Thank you for grabbing the Christmas Occupational Therapy Activity sheets. Use these activities in a month of play based on developing the underlying skills needed for function and independence. Each activity promotes underlying areas such as fine motor skills, sensory processing and exploration, visual processing, visual attention, visual motor integration, bilateral coordination, eye-hand coordination, direction…
