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Winter Challenge – Sensory Motor Activity
Winter Challenge is a fun, NO PREP, Winter themed activity to encourage fine motor, gross motor and visual motor skills. Just print the black and white page and complete each of the Winter themed challenges. Can you trace the ski tracks, draw snowflakes, walk backwards, pretend to ice skate, hold snow tube pose and finish […]
15 Free Visual Spatial Printables
The ability to determine spatial relationships is important in everyday tasks. You need to interpret what it means to “stand first in a line”, “sit in front of Johnny” or “put the pencil on top of the paper”. If a child has difficulty perceiving spatial relationships it can affect motor skills, body awareness, problem solving, activities of daily living […]
Physical Therapy Interventions and Developmental Coordination Disorder
The Journal of Motor Learning and Development published a review to identify the types of interventions in physical therapy contexts used in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and whether these interventions are effective. The systemic search revealed 29 articles of moderate to good quality to analyze. The results indicated that: task-oriented approaches as well […]
Research Review on Handwriting Instruction
Educational Psychology Review published a research review on handwriting instruction. A meta-analysis was completed on experimental intervention studies with K-12 students to determine if teaching handwriting enhanced legibility and fluency and resulted in better writing performance. The results indicated the following: when compared to no instruction or non-handwriting instructional conditions, teaching handwriting resulted in statistically […]
Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Penguin
Here is a penguin activity that includes scissor skills, sequencing, motor planning, visual motor skills and following directions! All on one piece of paper (translation: NO PREP activity). This penguin activity is from the Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw – Arctic Animals. Print out this activity and the child can cut, sequence, paste and […]
Top 10 Blog Posts from 2016
I always find it interesting to go back and see what were the top 10 Your Therapy Source blog posts from the previous year. So hopefully you will enjoy seeing what everyone else is reading. Here you go….the TOP 10 YOUR THERAPY SOURCE BLOG POSTS FROM 2016: 10. Five Gross Motor Activities for Small Spaces 9. […]
Happy Holidays from Your Therapy Source
Occupational and Physical Therapists Have Special Gifts
Ever notice how as pediatric occupational therapists and physical therapists, we observe children through a different lens than most? You may see and analyze a child’s actions very differently than the teacher in the room or the parent at home. This observational skill seems to improve vastly when you become a parent yourself and watch […]
Self Regulation Skills and Developmental Coordination Disorder
The Journal of Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics published observational research on self regulation skills and developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The study included 15 children, with and without DCD and examined the differences in children’s use of self-regulatory and metacognitive skill during motor learning. The self regulatory behavior of the participants was observed using […]
Ultimate Visual Motor Challenge
Here is a FREE ultimate visual motor challenge with two difficulty levels. Can you copy the lines and shapes exactly onto the blank grid? The color version is slightly easier than the black and white version. The colors are easier to distinguish differences but you must match each color to the correct line and shape […]