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Beanbag Alphabet Fun – Gross Motor and Body Awareness Activity
Beanbag Alphabet Fun: Beanbags are a wonderful tool to encourage physical activity, body awareness, motor planning and coordination skills in children. They are inexpensive or you can even make them yourself with socks and some rice. So grab a beanbag for each child and try moving through the alphabet with your beanbag. You can download […]
June Issue of Pediatric OT and PT Digital Magazine
The June Issue of the Pediatric OT and PT Digital Magazine from Your Therapy Source has been published. This is a huge issue this month. Read articles on: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM OTHER SCHOOL STAFF? CIMT AND BIMANUAL THERAPY ARE COMPLEMENTARY 5 MULTI-PURPOSE, LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS FOR YOUR THERAPY BAG 10 QUICK TIPS TO IMPROVE HANDWRITING […]
Interventions to Help Students Maintain Personal Space
The personal space and body awareness survey results are complete. Two hundred sixty pediatric therapists, teachers and parents weighed in on the best modifications and interventions to help students maintain personal space. Each participant in the online survey answered the two questions: 1.) Job title or role? and 2.) When a child has difficulty with personal […]
Keyboarding Words Per Minute Goal Tracker
Keyboarding Words Per Minute Goal Tracker Most students in grades 3 and up are working on keyboarding with a focus on words per minute. This keyboarding words per minute goal tracker is super easy to collect data on how a student is progressing. Even better, have the students monitor their own progress recording how they […]
10 Everyday Core Strengthening Activities for Children
Core strengthening activities for children are so important to help with postural control, balance, sports and even breathing! Here are 10 everyday core strengthening activities that children can participate in: Play in prone (lay on belly) on the floor: Prone positioning increases core stability. Try laying in your belly in prone with both arms extended (aka […]
Effects of Stabilization Exercises on Balance in Children with Cerebral Palsy
The Journal of Physical Therapy Science published research examining the effects of stabilization exercises on balance in children with cerebral palsy. The participants included 11 school aged children diagnosed with cerebral palsy (GMFCS Levels I-III). Each child engaged in stabilization exercises of neck and trunk twice per week for eight weeks with each treatment lasting […]
Summer Word Bank Collage – Black and White and Color
This summer word bank collage is perfect to encourage reading, handwriting and coloring. This summer word bank is FREE for you to download (see bottom of post) to our subscribers. Students can read the words, refer to it when writing or simply color in the collage. It is part of the Summer Word Collage complete […]
Author Spotlight: Ileana S. McCaigue OTR/L
Ileana S. McCaigue, OTR/L is a nationally certified/ registered and licensed Occupational Therapist, author, program developer, holistic clinician and educator with 40 years of experience. Her professional career and expertise include a continuum of care. These range from the neonatal intensive care unit to pediatric concerns in the home, school and community for developmental delays, […]
Bumble Bee Breathing Break – Deep Breathing Exercise
Did you know that deep breathing exercises can help to alleviate stress, reduce anxiety, strengthen the attention span and sharpen the ability to focus and learn? In addition, deep breathing helps certain physiological responses as well such as slow the heart rate and decrease blood pressure. Seems like an easy fix right? Well, maybe not […]
10 Suggestions to Reduce Pencil Pressure When Writing
When students press too hard during handwriting tasks, the hand can fatigue, paper can rip and legibility may decrease. Recently, a reader asked for tips and suggestions to help decrease pencil pressure for when students press too hard during handwriting tasks. Here are 10 suggestions to help children reduce pencil pressure when writing: Write on […]