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Find and Color Marine Life Visual Motor Freebie
Find and Color Marine Life Visual Motor Freebie Here is a fun FREEBIE to challenge visual perceptual and fine motor skills – find and color marine life. Students need to find the marine life and color it according to the key on the activity page. Add an additional challenge by having the students count each […]
Fidget Spinners and ADHD – What Does the Research Say?
Fidget Spinners and ADHD – What Does the Research Say? Do you have students who are still crazy about fidget spinners? Perhaps you have teachers asking what is the benefit to the fidget spinners? Or maybe you have teachers ready to take the fidget spinners and throw them in the garbage! The Journal of Attention […]
Manual Dexterity and Cognitive Functioning in Children
Manual Dexterity and Cognitive Functioning in Children Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research examining the relationship of manual dexterity and cognitive functioning in children after neonatal arterial ischemic stroke regardless of a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. The participants included 60 children with a past history of neonatal arterial ischemic stroke without epilepsy. Fifteen children had a […]
Air Drawing Brain Break Freebie
Air Drawing Brain Break Freebie Do you need a quick brain break activity? This air drawing brain break addresses so many skills and requires NO PREP. Just print (download at the end of the post) and start moving. Or don’t even print, show it on the projection screen in the classroom for a whole class […]
Relationship between Physical Activity, Weight, and Motor Skill Development
Relationship between Physical Activity, Weight, and Motor Skill Development Children seem to move less and sit more. Did you know that in the United States, only 22% of children meet the current physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity? In addition, 63% of children participate in more than […]
Were You Adequately Prepared to Provide School-based Therapy Services?
Were You Adequately Prepared to Provide School-based Therapy Services? Recently, we posted a survey asking the question: Were you adequately prepared to provide school-based therapy services? The reason why I asked this question, is I know I was not. When you are taught following a strictly medical model and then you enter a system of a […]
Predictive Power of Executive Functions, Visual-Motor Coordination and Physical Fitness on later academic achievement
Predictive Power of Executive Functions, Visual-Motor Coordination and Physical Fitness on Later Academic Achievement Are you concerned when you see young children enter kindergarten who may not be ready? The concern is usually for a good reason. When children do not arrive with school readiness skills it can affect later academic achievement. Human Movement Science […]
How to Increase Engagement in Motor Skill Stations
How to Increase Engagement in Motor Skill Stations Do you create motor skill stations to provide movement opportunities at your school? Do you struggle with what activities to use to increase engagement in motor skill stations? It can be difficult to create motor skill stations that students engage with long enough to make gains in motor skill […]
Multisensory Alphabet Freebie
Multisensory Alphabet Freebie Teaching children to learn all the letters of the alphabet is not an easy task. Research indicates that children need visual, auditory, oral and kinesthetic input to achieve letter recognition. This multisensory alphabet freebie provides all of that input on one NO PREP activity sheet (download at the bottom of the post). Just […]
April 2018 Digital Magazine for Pediatric OT and PT
April 2018 Digital Magazine for Pediatric OT and PT The April 2018 Digital Magazine for Pediatric OT and PT has been posted. Download and read this FREE digital magazine to stay updated on recent pediatric therapy research, freebies and more. The April 2018 Digital Magazine for Pediatric OT and PT issue includes articles on: ACUTE EFFECTS OF AEROBIC […]