Many children take piano, violin, or guitar lessons after or during school. Families and school staff often ask: is learning an instrument good for your brain? This question matters in schools, where music programs often compete for time and funding. A 2026 study compared children ages 7 to 9 who regularly practiced an instrument with […]
If you need fine motor and gross motor suggestions for children, check out this Activity Bingo game. This 9 page PDF printable is free at the bottom of this post. How to Play Activity Bingo This game is super easy and kids should be able to play it with materials you have around the house. […]
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How to Integrate Therapy Goals Into The Curriculum Curriculum refers to the lessons and materials that students will interact with to reach educational goals. Most elementary and high schools follow a specific curriculum for each subject. In general, a curriculum includes goals, instructional methodology, materials and assessments to measure progress. Therapy goals can be established […]
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I thought it would be interesting to focus on therapist owned small businesses. There are so many pediatric OTs and PTs out there who are super creative and hard workers. Many of you think outside of the box to provide unique products or services. Some of these businesses provide full time income and some provide […]
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 […]
Here is a fun fine motor and oral motor craft to create. You can download the snowman templates from Your Therapy Source. Step 1: Choose a snowman picture to print – large plastic bag color picture, small plastic bag color picture, large black and white coloring page, small black and white coloring page. Color in […]
Here is a sample page of 7 core strengthening activities to do with children using a towel. You can download it here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/corestrengtheningfreebie.html The activities are from the electronic book The Core Strengthening Handbook by Lauren Drobnjak, PT and Claire Heffron, OT. The Core Strengthening Handbook – This download includes 50+ activities including: Quick and Easy Core Strengthening […]
Cognitive orientation to daily occupational performance or CO-OP is defined by Polatajko and Mandich as a “a client-centred, performance based, problem solving approach that enables skill acquisition through a process of strategy use and guided discovery”. CO-OP is an evidence based approach that has been successful for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and autism […]