If parents, teachers or therapists give children rewards when a goal is achieved here are 6 ideas to encourage fine motor practice when they reach into the “treasure” box: Button Bags – sew a felt bag that has a few button closures at the top. In order for the children to get the reward they […]
This fun activity encourages bilateral coordination, timing, eye hand coordination, visual tracking skills and upper extremity muscle strengthening. The key to this activity is teaching the child to hit each balloon or ball with the right hand and left in a rhythmic, controlled pattern. Have fun with it! Need more activity ideas? Turn fine motor […]
The Functional Skills for Kids series written by occupational and physical therapy bloggers on developing 12 functional skills for children continues today with the topic of toilet training. Each month throughout 2016, we will discuss the development of one functional skill in children addressing the many components of that skill. The ability to complete the […]
Check out these adorable tracing or picture poke cards to practice visual motor skills and finger strengthening. You can download over at YourTherapySource or here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freetracepoke.html
Gait & Posture published research on whether flexible flat feet (FF) results in the development of musculoskeletal symptoms at joints proximal to the ankle. Using an observational study, data was collected on 95 children between the ages of 8-15 including foot posture using the arch height index (AHI), frequency of knee and hip/back pain and […]
Here is a freebie to provide some visual cues for students to draw different lines. You can download it at YourTherapySource or https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freedrawlines.html Need more practice drawing lines? Check out Lines, Lines and More Lines. This download includes 24 task cards (12 full pages) to trace lines of varying difficulty, 5 letter matching lines, 4 line racing […]
It turns out that handwriting may be making a big comeback! Years ago handwriting was an integral part of the curriculum in our schools. Now it has been pushed out to make additional instructional time for math and english language arts. There is a new company that has created an amazing device called the Phree™ . […]
With intricate coloring sheets being super popular right now, I thought I would create a few for occupational and physical therapy. Simple but cute! Here are three things to do with your coloring sheets: Color and decorate the therapy room. Have a coloring contest and award a small prize to the winner. Tell everyone not […]
With intricate coloring sheets being super popular right now, I thought I would create a few for occupational and physical therapy. Simple but cute! Here are three things to do with your coloring sheets: Color and decorate the therapy room. Have a coloring contest and award a small prize to the winner. Tell everyone not […]
The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published research to examine the evidence regarding motor impairment specificity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is difficult to determine if there is evidence for specificity of motor impairment within different clinical groups. For example, are certain motor impairments associated with specific diagnoses? Previous research indicates […]