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6 Free Printables for Valentine’s Day

Need some quick activities for Valentines Day? Check out these 6 freebies. 1. Follow that Monster: Visual discrimination and visual motor activity from https://www.yourtherapysource.com/vpvalentinefree.html 2. Multisensory Handwriting Activity for Valentine’s Day from https://www.yourtherapysource.com/msvalentinefreebie.html 3. Sample Pages from Valentine’s Day Handwriting Activities at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/valentinefree.html 4. Conversation Heart Clothes Pins at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freeconversation.html 5. Love Bug Pencil Critters from https://www.yourtherapysource.com/fmvalentinefree.html […]

February 6, 2015/1 Comment/by Your Therapy Source

Curriculum Development?

Have you ever considered developing a specific curriculum for pediatric occupational, physical or speech therapy? If you are a new therapist to an educational delivery model of therapy you may not be familiar with curriculum in the school systems. By definition, curriculum refers to the lessons and materials that students will interact with to reach […]

February 5, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

visual motor integration, visual motor skills, fine motor skills, pediatric occupational therapy, scissor skills, scissors, visual motor, visual motor activities, visual motor activity

Step By Step Directions for a Mini Snowman Scene

After seeing this artist trading card idea at Art Projects for Kids (excellent website by the way), I thought this would make a wonderful craft projects for children who can benefit from practicing fine motor skills, scissor skills, sequencing, visual motor skills and creativity. You can download the one page step by step directions fro the […]

February 4, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, toe walking

Motor Skills, Sensory Processing and Toe Walking

I ran across a blogpost recently on TheGaitGuys discussing idiopathic toe walking in children. They mentioned a recent article in the Journal of Child Neurology that investigated the differences between the motor skills and sensory processing abilities of children who do and do not have an idiopathic toe walking gait. Sixty children (30 with idiopathic toe […]

February 3, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

visual perceptual skills, autism, cerebral palsy, fine motor skills, handwriting, pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, sensory processing disorder, valentine's day

Pediatric Occupational an Physical Therapy Digital Magazine February 2015

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February 2, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

obesity, pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, balance, balance skills

Balance Skills and Obesity in Children

Appetite published research on whether balance skills and quality of life are influenced by childhood obesity. Eighty seven children who were classified as Class 1 obese (BMI SDS 2.0-2.49) and Class 2 obese (BMI SDS > 2.5) were evaluated using the BOT-II to measure balance and the PedsQL to determine quality of life. Statistical analysis […]

January 25, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

motor learning, motor planning, motor plans, motor skill delay, motor skill development, motor skills, pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, body awareness, brain breaks, motor development

Quick Brain Break – Q and A Body Game

Need a quick game to rest and refresh your student’s brain? Try this Q and A Body Game: Purpose: Promote body awareness, motor skills and listening skills. Materials: none Activity: This can be played with one player or a group of children. The adult faces the group. Explain the directions of the game. The adult […]

January 23, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

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8 Simple Tips to Empower Students to Reach Their Goals

Here are 8 simple tips to help students reach their goals: 1. Change up the tools, toys or activities that you are doing. It may be just as simple as approaching the skill using a different tool or material. 2. Change the environment. Perhaps trying accomplishing the skill outdoors, in a quiet room or with […]

January 22, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

pediatric occupational therapy, sensory processing

Holy Ball Pit Batman!

Wow!!!!! This guy takes the ball pit to a whole new level!

January 21, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

Uncategorized, coordination, coordination skills, eye hand coordination, fine motor skills, pediatric occupational therapy

Hidden Cups Video Activity

Watch this video activity idea that encourages fine motor skills, forearm pronation/supination, eye hand coordination, grading of movements and counting. You can view it at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/videohiddencups.html [subscribe2]

January 21, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

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