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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fine Motor Activity Ideas for 2-4 Year Olds
Here are some fine motor activities that help to develop fine motor skills for ages 2-4. Please refer to my Age Appropriate Skill List for ages 0-6 to see what are age appropriate fine motor skills for your child. Fine Motor Activity Ideas for Ages 2-4 For review, let’s look at what your two to four […]
