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Spring Sensory Play Date Ideas
Have a play date on the calendar this spring? These are the ideas for you! We’re featuring our favorites from the All Things Kids Spring sensory play date series from March with a round up of great play date ideas, sure to provide sensory input, multi-sensorial experiences, language development, imagination, learning; The benefits of sensory play go…
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How to Make Feather Flowers
If you have feathers and a few other craft materials on hand, you’ll this tutorial on how to make feather flowers. It’s a great fine motor craft for occupational therapy sessions because of the sensory textural experience and the fine motor opportunity. Kids of all ages will love these feather flowers! How to Make Feather…
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Play Dough Color Match Learning Activity
Play dough is such a fun way to play and learn. We are big fans of the fine motor fun to be had with play dough. In fact, we’ve done other fine motor color matching activities with play dough before. Color matching with play dough is a fun way for preschoolers and toddlers to learn colors and so…
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Peep Chick Puppet Craft for Spring Pretend Play
This was a fun and easy craft to make with the kids with a few basic materials we had on hand. Chick Puppet Craft for Kids Pretend play with puppets is a great way to explore language with children, get the imagination, going, and just have some fun! These chick puppets were a fun way…
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Spring Crafts for Kids
Happy Spring! The birds are chirping, trees are budding, and the sun is shining…or maybe you’re still getting snow. Either way, we’re in the mood for some Spring crafts! This week’s Share It Saturday features are all about Spring crafts. Pull out the glue sticks and get ready to start crafting. These features are super…
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Bug Small World Rock Sensory Bin Filler
This bug small world is a rock sensory bin that builds fine motor skills through play. Let’s break down how we made this sensory bin activity. Bug Sensory Bin This is all about sensory bins! Each blogger is featuring a different sensory bin filler. So WHAT is a sensory bin filler you ask?? You know…
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Spring Chick Juice Box Cover Craft
Have a Spring play date planned? How about an Easter egg hunt, preschool party, or hosting Easter this Spring? These Spring Chick juice box covers would make the cutest addition at the kids’ table, right?? We made turkey juice box covers back in the Fall so these chick juice box covers came to mind with thoughts…
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Why You Need Bunny Tongs for Developing Scissor Skills
When I worked as an Occupational Therapist with pediatrics, I did a ton of work on scissor skills and pre-scissor skills. It was one of my favorite things to work on with school-based kiddos. There was an item in my therapy bag that I (and the kids) LOVED for scissor practice: bunny tongs. These are a great Easter activity for…
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Family Fun Night Activities
If you are looking for family fun night ideas, look no further. We love a good family fun day, but sometimes you need a game night with the family or just a way to spend an evening. These family night ideas will keep you busy and building memories! Family Fun Night A typical Friday night…
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Mr. Rogers Quote About Play
One of our favorite quotes about play is a Mr. Rogers play quote. You’ve probably seen or heard this Mr. Rogers quote before…and as occupational therapy providers, we know that play is the primary occupation of children, so this quote is a pivotal one! It’s an occupational therapy quote, for sure! Mr. Rogers Quote About…
