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Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles and Mobility Independence
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. As an Occupational Therapist, I’ve worked with individuals of all ages. I was lucky to start my career in a way that allowed me to gain experience in a variety of settings.…
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The Ultimate Guide to Scissor Skills
This is an old blog post that has been recovered to bring you: Today, I’ve got for you the Ultimate Guide to Scissor Skills! You’ll want to go to this blog post on Scissor Skills for all of our best tips, strategies, and supports to promote use of scissors, including how to hold scissors, how…
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Juicy Greek Turkey Burger Recipe
I wanted to update this old Greek turkey burger recipe because it’s one of our favorite recipes that kids can help to make some of the steps. As an occupational therapist, I definitely love cooking with kids because of the developmental benefits. Plus, when kids are involved in making dinner, even more complex recipes like…
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Cool Glow in the Dark Chalk Sensory Bottle
This glow in the dark chalk sensory bottle is one that is added to some of our favorite sensory bottles. SO, if you’ve seen sensory bottles before, you might be surprised to see this calming sensory tool is made with CHALK. Yep, chalk! This post contains affiliate links. But first, Why use sensory bottles? Sensory bottles…
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Functional Skills for Kids
As an Occupational Therapist, function is the number one goal for working with clients. Whether in the school, clinic, acute setting, or home, all goals of an Occupational Therapist revolve and are based on functional skills. One thing about occupational therapy professionals is that we love to be creative. I love to use my experience and…
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Teach Kids How to Slow Down to Cut on Lines With Scissors
If you’ve ever tried to teach kids how to cut with scissors, you may have ended up with a snipped finger or two. Teaching kids how to cut on lines can be a tricky thing. When children with attention or behavior difficulties are learning to cut with scissors, it can be quite difficult to hand…
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Place Value Math with Bean Bags
Looking for a hands-on place value lesson to teach place value through play? This fine motor math activity builds skills through kinesthetic learning. Remember these ice cream cones? We shared how to make them not very long ago. Besides being very cute and super easy to make, they are a learning tool, too. We used them…
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Ice Cream Bean Bag Tutorial
These ice cream bean bags are the perfect way to sneak in a little proprioceptive input this summer with an ice cream theme. We’ve shared the proprioception benefits of bean bags before and this summer activity is great for kids craving heavy work input of needing a bit of upper extremity strengthening. Today, I’m sharing how to…
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Bilateral Coordination Lacing Activity and Functional Tasks
Bilateral coordination allows us to use both of our hands together in a coordinated manner. Coordination of our two hands enables a person to zipper up a jacket, hold a paper with one hand while writing and erasing with the other, and many (many) other functional skills throughout our day. This simple plate lacing…
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Fun and Easy Visual Scanning Activity
Visual Scanning is needed for looking in all directions with the eyes to locate an object or to avoid obstacles when walking in a crowded classroom. A visual scanning activity is one way to build visual perception needed for locating an item on a shelf, finding a matching sock in an overstuffed drawer, and finding a…
