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Use a Timer to Work on Writing Speed
Many times, school-based OTs are asked about normal writing speed. Just how fast should kids be writing and how can you improve writing speed while maintaining legibility? This super easy handwriting trick is one that can be done right now. Pick up your phone, turn on the timer app and start practicing handwriting. Read on…
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How we Can Tell Time Through Rocks (hands on learning)
In this activity, we can use rocks to tell time! It’s true…not by shadows and watching the sun as it passes by, but by physically moving and manipulating rocks as a time telling tool. In this rock and learn math activity, we can use rocks found around the home with heavy work input as a…
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Shamrock Crafts
Are you feeling lucky? Well, you should as you’ve hit the pot o’ gold upon finding this collection of shamrock crafts! Check out all of the shamrock and clover crafts below…you’ll find St. Patrick’s Day activities that are great additions to your occupational therapy crafts. They are not only fun to make and get kids…
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Lion and Lamb Self-Regulation Activity for Kids
This Lion and Lamb Self-Regulation Activity for kids is perfect for helping kids build their ability to control emotions and behaviors in a fun, spring themed way. Use this tool to help kids adjust to difficult situations in the classroom or at home. Self-regulation is a big term. Let’s see if we can explain that…
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SHAMROCK ACTIVITY: Fine Motor Clip Cards
Today on the site we’ve got a great Shamrock activity…Fine motor clip cards with a shamrock theme! This is a great addition to St. Patrick’s Day activities in therapy, home or the classroom, and they work on a ton of different skills. Print them off, laminate the clip cards if you like, and you have…
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RAINBOW TEMPLATE PRINTABLE
Coming up is the Rainbow Template Printable! This March activity is perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day theme or a rainbow theme in occupational therapy sessions. Whether you are working on pencil control, scissor skills, eye-hand coordination, or direction-following, this rainbow template can be used to address any skill area. You can even use this…
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Teaching Time to Kids
Part of executive functioning skills that is so important in every functional task, is teaching time to kids. The ability to tell time on a clock is not easy, and it can be very abstract for some children. However, time telling is a skill needed for activities of daily living and IADLs. In this blog…
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Shamrock Directionality Maze
No matter how evolved my directionality is, I will never be able to understand “turn west out of the car park” Wait what? Directionality is being able to follow or discriminate left and right, top and bottom. Today’s post is offering a Shamrock Directionality Maze freebie to work on both of these skills. This is…
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Occupational Therapy for Down Syndrome
Occupational therapists (OT practitioners) provide skilled services to help many different people, with or without a diagnosis. In this article, we will talk about Down syndrome, more specifically common interventions and strategies when providing occupational therapy for Down syndrome. Occupational Therapy For Down Syndrome Occupational therapy practitioners work with many diagnoses. In pediatrics, the diagnosis…
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How to Use a Sports Water Bottle as a self regulation tool
Sipping on a hot cup of tea, chewing gum, or sucking on a hard candy are self regulation strategies for oral sensory processing you probably use in your daily life, without even thinking twice. But did you know that you can use a sports water bottle as a self regulation tool, too? Oral sensory processing…
