by Cara | Oct 19, 2021 | activities, clinic, coordination, craft, create, eight senses, fine motor activities, following directions, for OTs, fun activities, fun ideas, occupational therapy, OT, play, play to learn, recipes, school therapy, senses, sensory, sensory processing, Slime, special needs, therapy
Please share: Everyone LOVES slime! Slime is great for sensory, especially the tactile or touch sense. Kids all over enjoy making and playing with slime. We know that following a recipe and planning the outcome helps children to develop executive function skills. What...
by Cara | Sep 14, 2018 | accommodations, bilateral integration, both hands, caregiver tips, clinic, coordination, crossing midline, dominant hand, downloads, fine motor, fine motor activities, fine motor coordination, for OTs, FREE, freebies, function, grasp, grasp development, handouts, hands, handwriting, helper hand, homeschool, Left-handed, motor skills, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, printables, resources, School OT, school therapy, special education, special needs, supporting, supporting special needs, switching hands, teacher, teachers, teaching, teaching successfully, therapist information, therapy, therapy tools, tips, writing
Please share: Did you know that some students do not develop a hand preference until kindergarten or at 5 or 6 years old? When students write with their left hand, they should not be discouraged from doing so. They do not choose their left hand in the same way that...
by Cara | Apr 3, 2018 | Active kids, activities, activity cards, brain breaks, create, crossing midline, education, fine motor, fine motor activities, fine motor coordination, for OTs, fun activities, grasp development, hands, handwriting, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, OT treatment, parenting, play, play to learn, playdates, printables, school therapy, sensory processing, SLP, SLP. speech therapy, teacher, teachers, teaching, treatment ideas, visual perception
Please share: Play-dough mats, dough, slime, and anything colorful and sticky…….everyone’s in love! Kids of all ages cannot get enough slime and dough. Some of our most popular posts involve different recipes, click on each for the directions and...
by Cara | Feb 7, 2017 | bilateral integration, both hands, crafts, cutting, fine motor coordination, hands, handwriting, helper hand, scissors use, switching hands, together
Please share: Let’s talk about one of those critical skills that we often overlook….using the ‘helper’ hand. Most of us have one hand that’s dominant and the other is designed to partner up and be the super assistant! His job is no less...
by Cara | Jul 31, 2020 | ADL, Aspergers, autism, behavior, games, mouth, occupational therapy, oral-motor, parenting, parents, play, sensory processing disorder, social skills, special needs, supporting special needs, teaching successfully
Please share: SUMMER!It’s here! Most families look forward to summer’s relaxation and lazy days. However, the lack of routine and structure can be the cause of great stress for families of children with special needs. School routines are predictable and...
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