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Summer crafts and sensory play! ☀️ check www.t

Summer crafts and sensory play! ☀️ check www.theottoolbox.com for the new blog post full of summer crafts to stock your OT toolbox all summer long! #occupationaltherapy #occupationaltherapist #pediot #pediatrics #pediatricoccupationaltherapy #pediatricot #theottoolbox #theottoolboxactivities #theottoolboxcrafts #craftstobuildlskills

Visual discrimination- the ability to recognize de

Visual discrimination- the ability to recognize details. It’s an essential visual skill needed for identifying letters and automatically noticing the difference between “b” and “d”. My kindergartener is rolling with the changes of distance learning, gaining skills in reading and math. That pesky b and d still trips her up though when she’s sounding out words and beginning to move to fluently reading kindergarten level sentences. That b/d discrimination is tricky! This quick sensory tray (digging through with her fingers as well, of course) is a fine motor tool for building visual discrimination. Use the paint brush to find hidden letters. She will brush away the rice to uncover the complete letter and find all of the b’s. Then pull out all of the d’s. These letter beads from @roylco are great for building visual discrimination skills and powering through b/d confusion. Use the code “OTTOOLBOX” to save 10% on a set of your own at roylco.com. (Code works for any product!)

A hit with my kindergartener! “I Spy” diagraph

A hit with my kindergartener! “I Spy” diagraphs! Materials: paper, pen, and dabber paints. But, you can substitute the paints with crayons, reg markers, finger paints, play dough, cotton balls, crumbled up paper...anything little! 1️⃣Write diagraphs scattered all over the page with a circle around each. We’re learning sh, ck, th, wh, and ch. 2️⃣ Play “I Spy”! Say, “I spy the sound that begins THUMB.” 👍🏼Big fun, and kids are working on skills like eye-hand coordination, visual scanning, visual memory, visual discrimination, form constancy, and more! 🙌🏼

Pre-writing lines on the wall with a roll of maski

Pre-writing lines on the wall with a roll of masking tape! This fine motor activity builds UE strength and precision, wrist stability in an extended position, tripod grasp...so much more. We used craft pom poms but you could stick on whatever you’ve got handy...paper clips, pieces of paper, whatever, even 🧻! 😁 Make a couple of tape donuts and stick a long piece of tape to that. Done!

Super easy way to build hand strength, dexterity,

Super easy way to build hand strength, dexterity, precision, and work on early math skills. This is a hands-on approach to kindergarten math that we’re doing with our distance learning. 👌🏼

Motor Planning problem solving and moving over, un

Motor Planning problem solving and moving over, under, and around requires fine motor and gross motor skills and planning to plan out, organize, and carry out an action. We must organize incoming information, including sensory input, and integrate that information into our plan... https://www.theottoolbox.com/what-is-motor-planning-fine-motor/

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