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Switcheroo Brain Breaks Freebie
Here is a great freebie to give to teachers to help students get the wiggles out and wake up the brain by squeezing in some physical activity. You can download the 4 page freebie at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freeswitcheroobrainbreaks.html For more brain break ideas visit https://www.yourtherapysource.com/brainbreaks.html [subscribe2]
Thanksgiving Fine and Gross Motor Group Game
If you are looking for a fun, creative Thanksgiving group game to play with your own family or a group of students print out this freebie. You can download it at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freethanksgivingcards.html How to Play: Print and cut apart the cards. Divide the group into two teams. Provide each team with pencil and paper. Follow the […]
Balance, Age and Autism Symptoms
The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published research on the influence of task difficulty and age on balance control in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The researchers tested balance control during increasingly difficult balance conditions in children with ASD and typically developing peers. The relationship between balance control and diagnostic/symptom severity for participants […]
Benefits of Letting the Kids Be the Teacher
Do you ever let the students that receive therapy services teach other students? Research has shown that the highest retention rate of what you have learned results from teaching others, with practice the skill coming in a close second. During therapy sessions, therapists spend hours working on practicing and learning new skills. When a child […]
Extra Physical Activity and Academic Achievement
Research on the impact of physical activity intervention program on academic achievement was published in the Journal of School Health. The study provided 408 twelve year olds with an additional two hours per week of extra play and motion activities. The control groups were three different schools (matched for male/female ratio, average level of income, […]
How to Do the Cross Crawl Exercise with Video Modeling
Here is a classic bilateral coordination exercise freebie from the 25 Bilateral Coordination Exercises. It is an instructional hand out on how to do the Cross Crawl exercise, including a QR code to link to a video demonstration of the exercise. You can download the freebie at the bottom of this post. If you are […]
Energy Costs and Movement Initiation in Children with Developmental Delay
Recent research compared energy costs during walking and movement initiation times in 3-5 year old children with developmental delay (n=12) and children with typical development (n=12). The children paticipated in various assessments including range of motion in the lower extremities, physiological cost of walking, and movement initiation times. To determine reaction time for goal directed […]
Free App Friday – Fingerfun and Toca Hair Salon Me
There are two free apps today (11/14/2014) that are worth taking a look to add to your pediatric therapy tool kit. The first one is Toca Hair Salon Me. Personally, I love any Toca Boca app but this one is super cute. Kids can add their own pictures and style the hair. The step by […]
Simple Shape Turkey
After seeing this craft over at Toddler Approved, I figured this would be perfect for little fingers to work on scissor skills, shape identification and simple drawing skills. We started out by cutting out a circle and some colorful shapes from construction paper. We glued the shapes into the white circle. Next, cut out a […]
Fine Motor Skills and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
A systemic review of 24 studies was published on fine motor skills in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The results were the following: 1. more advanced fine motor skills, such as visual-motor integration, were more frequently impaired than basic fine motor skills, such as grip strength. 2. with […]