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Letter Formation Worksheets
Whether you are a teacher, therapist, or parent, you are most likely working on letter formation at some point, and maybe you’ve used letter formation worksheets to address that goal. To be most effective, it is important to have several different letter formation options in your toolbox. Not all students learn the same, therefore handwriting…
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Sensory Solutions for Fireworks
For children with sensory sensitivities, fireworks can be a real challenge. The days and weeks around the New Year or 4th of July can be a celebration that leads to loud and lengthy firework shows, but there can be isolated booms and cracks that come at all times of day or night. For the individual…
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Activities for Auditory Learners
Here, we are covering activities for auditory learners, but you’ll also discover types of learners (an auditory learner is just one learning style!) and how to best support students with specific listening needs. Let’s get started with auditory processing activities to support auditory learners. For students with auditory sensitivities that impact learning and participation in…
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Summer I Spy
If you are already searching for more activities to do with your children, check out this free downloadable PDF! The Summer I Spy worksheet is a great multipurpose page to enhance your summer occupational therapy activities or learning program. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases. summer I SPY During the Summer months,…
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Teach Bike Riding: Tips from a Therapist
One play-based skill that most parents struggle with is dealing with teaching their child how to ride a bike. In this blog post, we cover how to teach bike riding, based on the underlying skills that are needed for balancing and pedaling a bicycle. We’ll address how to ride a bike without training wheels, and…
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Summer Handwriting Practice
This list of summer handwriting practice ideas is an older blog post that we thought needed some light of day again, especially with the summer months upon us! If you have a kiddo that has been working on handwriting goals ALL school year, only to go the whole summer without picking up a pencil (or…
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Visual Motor Skills By Age
This resource includes visual motor skills by age and lists visual motor integration developmental milestones. Visual motor development is part of hand eye coordination skills that happen from a very young age. From shaking a rattle and reaching for baby toys, to holding a pencil and writing letters, the developmental milestones are something to guide…
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Sensory Brushing
If you’ve looked for sensory strategies, you may have considered Sensory brushing as an option. This post will describe what sensory brushing means, why it is used, and what the potential benefits can be. When faced with a new or complicated list of symptoms and behaviors, there are several techniques that may be offered or…
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Occupational Therapy Documentation Tips
If you are an occupational therapy practitioner you know all about the dreaded “d” word called documentation. It’s part of the daily life of a therapist, and writing SOAP notes to address the goals of an IEP or 504 accommodations can sometimes seem like it’s all we do. Let’s break down this dreaded task with…
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Differences Between IEP and 504
If you have a child who has specific needs and are new to the school supports or are a new school-based OT, knowing the differences between IEP and 504 is a pivotal piece of getting started with a team approach to support in the school system. This post aims to unravel what is a 504,…
