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Activities for Teaching Colors
There are so many ways to include multisensory play in teaching colors to children. Here, you’ll find hands-on, creative ways to teach colors of the rainbow using play that helps kids develop skills, move, and grow. Use these color activities in preschool or to teach toddlers colors. It’s a fun way to develop visual discrimination…
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April Occupational Therapy Calendar
If you are looking for OT activities for the month, then you are in luck with this April occupational therapy calendar! April is occupational therapy month and here, you’ll find an Occupational Therapy calendar for your therapy planning. April Occupational Therapy Calendar Not only will you find a great calendar of activities for OT sessions,…
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10 Apples Up on Top Pre-Writing Activity
Ten Apples Up on Top is one of our favorite books. We do love finding fun books to come up with creative book-related activities. In fact, we’ve covered this book before when we made baked cotton balls for a sensory fine motor activity. The book, Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss is…
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MeasurIng Activities
Let’s talk about measuring activities. There is a LOT of underlying skills that impact the ability to measure. There is no better way to learn about measurement than with hands-on activities and who is better to work on hands-on activities than OT? Measuring is a practical life skill that requires underlying skills: visual motor integration,…
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Letter Reversals
Letter Reversals…they are a major cause for handwriting concern by most parent’s standards. Here we are covering information about writing letters backwards and what is normal for letter reversals in development. We also have some great tips for addressing common letter reversal struggles and even reversal activities that can help with visual perception handwriting struggles.…
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Types of Pencil Grips
Pencil grips, pencil grips, pencil grips, there are so many types of pencil grips! Do I try this grip or that one? Does this child really need a pencil grip? Will they use this pencil grip? Will it be used correctly if they use it in the classroom? Ugh! So much to decide and so…
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School Occupational Therapy Scope of Practice
If you are new to school based occupational therapy treatment, you may be confused about how this differs from the private medical model. Once you have a few IEP/504s under your belt, you will become a master in defending what therapist in the school do (and do not do). Knowing the points of a school occupational…
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Occupational Therapy Month Ideas for 2026
Happy occupational therapy month! April is OT month and every year, I love to recirculate this blog post because it offers so many OT memes and social media graphics for explaining what we do in occupational therapy. This year, we’ve got a few fun free OT PDFs for OT month, too, so if you are…
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Social and Emotional Development Milestones
Wondering about social and emotional development milestones and what social emotional development should look like in young kids? Social emotional learning occurs from birth and continues on for many years to impact learning and interacting with others. Let’s break down HOW social emotional development happens at each age and stage. We’ve covered social emotional toys…
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Hammer Golf Tees into The Ground
Do you know the hand eye coordination benefits of hammering golf tees into the ground? This fine motor and hand-eye coordination activity is great for summer! We took this one a step further and used our hammer and golf tees in other ways, too! Hammer Golf Tees Into the Ground We have taken the…
