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Use Slime in Fine Motor Activites
Slime is such a fun way to encourage tactile sensory play. But what do you do with the slime after you’ve played with it a few times? I wanted to share some creative ways to work on fine motor skills with slime. Fine Motor Activities with Slime A sensory dough like play dough or…
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One Simple Trick to Help Kids Pay Attention
We’ve got several attention strategies on the blog that help kids with attention and focus difficulties. Modifying the environment or reducing demands are tools that can help many kids pay attention in different contexts. However, sometimes it’s not possible to adjust the external factors involved in paying attention. It’s then that internal strategies must succeed…
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Letter Formation Motor Planning Carpet Square
Teaching kids to write letters can be fun when you add creative ways to practice letter formation. Adding feedback to letter letter formation when handwriting can help kids develop a motor plan that “sticks” when they write letters with paper and pencil. This easy-set up activity is a creative way to add a proprioceptive sensory…
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Thank you Evidence Based Practice Worksheets
By now, you should have an email in your inbox containing a link to download the Evidence-Based Practice Worksheets. When you download that file, you’ll see two worksheets: Appraisal of the Evidence worksheet and Review of the Evidence worksheet These worksheets can be used in your practice to assess or audit the evidence for validity…
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How to Teach Kids Impulse Control
Kids with executive functioning skill challenges may suffer from impulse control difficulties. The strategies indicated in this post are guides to help teach kids impulse control for improved attention, self-regulation, and learning in the classroom. You might know of a child who just can’t help themselves in the classroom. They are the ones who are…
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DIY Pencil Topper Fidget Toy
Today, we have a DIY pencil topper fidget toy. This DIY pencil topper fidget toy is an occupational therapy toy that can be just the tool to help kids write and focus on their writing assignment or the classroom activities. Sensory needs may impact a child’s ability to attend or a child may present…
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Wacky Wednesday Visual Perception Activity
Sometimes you have a book that is just so loved. We have a few VERY loved books in our house and one of those books with the dog-eared corners is Dr. Seuss’ Wacky Wednesday. We used the book in a visual perceptual activity and worked on the skills needed for handwriting. Visual perception is made…
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VPFree
If you are looking for ways to work on visual perceptual skills and visual motor skills, you are in the right place. You should have an email in your inbox right now with a link to access your free visual perceptual printable sheet, but if you would like to grab it from this page, just…
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Impulse Control Freebies
Congratulations! You’ve been registered for our Impulse Control Mini-Course! Here is what you’ll discover in the mini-course: ++ The “why” behind impulsive acts like hitting, running through a busy parking lot, biting, acting out, interrupting, or other impulse control issues. ++ Actionable ways to help the child with self-control difficulties ++ Strategies can be used…
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Free Classroom Sensory Motor Ideas
When it comes to classroom learning ideas, free and cheap ways to help kids learn are the way to go. I’ve seen many teachers who use their own income to purchase supplies to better their classroom or help their student’s educational needs. Most teachers that I know love any tricks that will help their students…
