I love using scooter boards in Occupational Therapy. Not only are scooter boards great for bilateral coordination, crossing midline skills, eye hand coordination and more in kids with special needs, scooter board activities for kids in general are a fun and easy way to work on some great skills. Items needed for Scooter Board Activity […]
Handmade Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments
For a special Christmas activity at work I had one of my behavior/special needs classrooms make some handmade cinnamon Christmas ornaments. I always enjoy doing something special during Christmas that is fun, but still working on some great skills that the kids are working towards. For this classroom, many of the kids had behavior issues […]
Improving Bilateral Coordination Skills for Kids
Bilateral coordination skills are important in your child’s development, especially when it comes to handwriting, scissor skills and other fine motor activities. The ability to coordinate both sides of their bodies together in order to complete activities is very important. Bilateral coordination skills include being able to use both hands or arms together for […]
10 Crossing Midline Exercises For Kids
Crossing midline is something that all of us do every day without even realizing it. You may not realize it because it is an integrated movement in our bodies from childhood. Today I am going to share 10 crossing midline exercises for kids. I also have a free download of 20 crossing midline activity ideas […]
11 Activities for Letter Formation Practice
Are you looking for some fun, hands-on ways to practice handwriting at home? Here are some ideas for handwriting and letter formation practice so that your child is all set when they get back to school. Teaching Letter Formation Tips First, remind your child that we write in a left to right direction, just like reading. […]
10 Body Awareness Activities for Kids
Does your child run into doors, not pay attention to where they are in space, or always falling? Maybe they seem like they are generally clumsy. They may benefit from some of these body awareness activities. Body Awareness is important not only to build overall strength and core muscle but to realize where their body is […]
Calming, Organizing and Alerting Activities for Children
Children, in particular, those with special needs, often need many breaks throughout their school day to help them focus, stay on track, or calm down in order to sit and participate. If you are in a public school environment, sitting at a desk all day can be a challenge for children. Today I am sharing […]
What is Occupational Therapy?
April is Occupational Therapy Month, so in honor of that, I thought I would do a series on what Occupational Therapy is and highlight some of the areas of practice that OTs work in. What is Occupational Therapy? Before we get into what Occupational Therapists (OTR/L) and Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTA/L) do in different fields, […]
Vision Development in Your Child
I want to talk today about vision development in your child. We’ll also take a look at how watching tv or playing video games at a young age affects your child’s learning and behavior. Children watch more tv and play more video games than in any other time period. Unfortunately, a lot of parent’s don’t […]
Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers – Ages 4-6
Today we are going to be looking at typical fine motor activities for preschoolers, or ages 4-6. This was my favorite age group to work with when I was working in the school system as an Occupational Therapy Assistant. Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers Age 4 puts a key in a lock and opens it […]
