Practice scissor skills, sequencing, glueing, following directions and drawing all with this one activity – Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Transportation. Download this truck freebie to get started with this no-prep activity. Find out more information on the complete Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Transportation Packet. Looking for different themes? Check out Cut, Sequence, Paste […]
The Journal of Attention Disorders published a meta-analysis on the possible beneficial effects of exercise in alleviating ADHD functional outcomes in children. After searching various databases, 10 studies for a total of 300 participants on the effects of physical exercise on motor skills and executive functions in children with ADHD were included. The analysis revealed the […]
Handwriting Heroes is a new handwriting app developed by Cheryl Bregman who is an occupational therapist. You may be familiar with her from another amazing app she created Abilipad which is a customizable keyboard and adaptive notepad, with word prediction and text-to-speech. I asked Cheryl to answer a few questions about her career and her development […]
The Summer Olympic Games are only a few weeks away! This Summer Olympic games freebie activity, Find and Color, is a fun way to encourage visual discrimination and visual motor skills with a Summer Olympic theme. Find the medal winners and color them the correct color. This visual perceptual puzzle is just one from the […]
Pediatric therapists, parents and teachers use homemade play dough recipes daily. Here is a collection of fun ones from the Internet to explore. 1. Recipes for Sensory Fun: This is a nice 5 page download created by a therapy company to hand out to parents. 2. Nuture Store – Let’s Play with Dough – includes […]
Can you use your visual discrimination and visual scanning skills to find and circle the five differences in this picture? Download this freebie from the Find the Differences Packet. The best thing about this puzzle is that it is not too difficult. Some of the puzzles that are available for children to spot the differences […]
Keep calm and do yoga. No one can deny that yoga helps to calm children. Hang up this reminder in your therapy room, classroom or yoga studio. You can print it in color or choose 2 different black and white posters that the children can color for you to hang up. Try using it as […]
As pediatric therapists we may be involved in helping children return to activity and/or school following a concussion. Of course, you should always work in conjunction with a physician but there are specific guidelines to follow. CanChild has done a great job of creating evidence based resources to return to activity and school for youth […]
I received this question from a reader and thought it would be beneficial to post a Q&A for everyone to read. Question: I am looking for free worksheets or handouts for memory, problem solving, decision making, and planning. Do you have any of these? Answer: Sure, we have some free worksheets about these topics. […]
Challenge fine motor and memory skills with this Superhero Match Up freebie from the Superhero packet. Print and laminate the page. Using thumb, index and middle finger create small balls of clay. Flatten each ball between thumb and index finger. Place clay over each circle. Player one removes two pieces of clay. If it is a […]