If you need to sneak in some bimanual and fine motor skills practice with academic material, the Slide Bag Quiz is perfect! I was reading a blog post by Dr. Jean (excellent blog) on individual response techniques and she suggested a slide bag. It seemed like a creative idea so I gave it a try. […]
What have you learned from other school staff this year? As school based occupational and physical therapists, we can learn so much from teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, school nurses, school counselors and other staff members. We may know lots of information on fine motor skills, gross motor skills, visual perceptual skills, sensory processing and coordination […]
Don’t you love activities that require little prep and include more than one domain of development? I do for sure so I created this Summer Match Up board that you can download for free below from the Summer Sensory Motor Packet. This activity incorporates fine motor skills, hand strengthening, visual discrimination skills and working memory […]
A day on the life of a traveling school based therapist goes something like this. Pack up a bag at home of equipment and tools (i.e. toys, games, paper and activities) that you will need for your therapy sessions. Some of the equipment may not be easy to carry since many therapy sessions incorporate gross […]
The May Issue of the digital magazine for pediatric OTs and PTs has been posted. It includes the following articles: CHILDREN’S HIGHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED DEPRESSION 5 REASONS TO USE A THERAPY PLANNER ASD: COMMUNICATION DEFICITS AND MOTOR SKILLS 3 STEPS TO HELP CHILDREN IMPROVE SELF CONTROL AND FOCUS MOTOR SKILLS IN […]
Need some Spring cut and paste practice for your students? This scissor cutting practice freebie is ready to go! You can download it for free at the bottom of the post. This freebie is from the complete Color, Cut, and Glue Packet. It includes 55 black and white printable activity pages encourage children to practice […]