Click here to get our FREE Bug-Themed Digital Interactive Movement Game!Click here to get our FREE Bug-Themed Digital Interactive Movement Game!These digital interactive games for kids are the perfect way to get kids engaged with gross motor skills like core strength, balance, coordination and more! Over the past several weeks, many of us have faced the challenge of transitioning from direct in-person therapy sessions to virtual therapy or distance learning formats. No doubt about it, this has been a tough [Continue Reading]
Teaching Kids How to Catch a Ball & Throw
Try these fun tips for teaching kids how to catch a ball! If you have ever watched a toddler try desperately to toss a ball into the air and catch it, you know that it can be a frustrating phase of development. Then, that one day, when they finally figure it out, their smile will be priceless and the photo opportunity can’t be missed. As toddlers grow into preschoolers, their hand-eye coordination improves along with their reflexes and ball skills [Continue Reading]
Free Postcard Templates for Kids
These free postcard templates for kids are a great way to practice handwriting and coloring! We’re definitely feeling the pressure of this extended time at home and I’ve been reminding my kids daily that one of the best ways we can keep ourselves busy and bring a little brightness to our lives right now is by reaching out to the people we love and miss who we can’t see in person right now. I’ve been trying to write a note, [Continue Reading]
Easy Activities for Kids: No Fancy Supplies Needed!
These easy activities for kids are perfect for families who have limited technology and limited materials on hand. In recent weeks, most therapy bloggers have been talking a lot about telehealth physical therapy and occupational therapy. We’ve been sharing our best therapy home program activities and providing lots of free printable activities like our Springtime Writing Prompts and our Letter and Number Identification Roadmaps. We even created an awesome Pirate-Themed Interactive Digital Movement Game – perfect for teletherapy and home [Continue Reading]
Springtime Writing Activities and Prompts for Kids
If you’re looking for fun springtime writing activities for kids, these free printable writing prompts are for you! There are so many kids who struggle with handwriting skills and most of those kids aren’t thrilled when you ask them to sit down and practice skills like letter formation, sizing, spacing, and alignment. Whether they struggle with hand strength, visual motor skills, visual perception, or some other aspect of handwriting, kids often aren’t interested in practicing these skills when they present [Continue Reading]
Letter & Number Identification Cutting Practice Road Maps!
These Cutting Practice Road Maps are perfect for working with kids on letter and number identification and reversals! The best way to grab kids’ attention and get them interested in learning is to create lessons and activities that are super engaging and hands-on. While some kids enjoy paper and pencil activities, we find that we can appeal to even more kids when we create learning activities that really pop off the page by adding a sensory or movement component. I’ve [Continue Reading]
A New Approach: Telehealth Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
Looking for ideas for telehealth physical therapy and occupational therapy? We’re all in this together! Check out our favorite activity ideas! It’s crazy how quickly things can change. One week, it’s business as usual: -last minute notifications about the IEP meeting (tomorrow) -that one kid who had to go to the bathroom 3 X during our 30 minute treatment session -oodles of paperwork that will seemingly never get done You know the drill. A week later and BOOM. We are practicing [Continue Reading]
Occupational and Physical Therapy Home Program Activities
Looking for home program activities for occupational and physical therapy? We’ve got you covered! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. We’ve all seen what happens when kids have extended breaks from school or therapy. Without regular practice with academics and other developmental skills, kids tend to regress and it can take days, weeks, or even months to regain the skills they’ve lost. Right now, as so many of us are facing an unexpected and possibly extended time away from [Continue Reading]
How to Survive IEP Season as a School-Based Therapist
Looking for tips and strategies to avoid burnout this IEP season? We’ve got you covered! We made it! The first half of the school year is complete and we are well on our way into the race to June. For most of us school-based therapists, that means that we are focused on the countdown to spring break which marks the last breath before the impending IEP season! Do you have a spring “IEP season” in your school district? Or are [Continue Reading]