We were blown away by the number of posts that were shared on our Facebook wall this day in honor of Movement Monday!! Is it the beautiful weather that finally showed up that has gotten you all inspired to move???? The sunshine and warmer air has definitely been a welcome change in Northeast Ohio! Here are our favorite outdoor gross motor activities for kids from this week! Giselle from KIDS YOGA STORIES brought us another yoga series. This time, it is centered around Earth Day which is April 22. I love how she explains poses with a little snippet about something pertaining to ... Read More about MOVEMENT MONDAY GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES WEEK OF APRIL 7
EASTER ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS: MOD PODGE EASTER EGGS
The best way to introduce a concept so that kids will really learn it? Make it hands-on! Using manipulatives is the perfect way to get (and keep) kids’ attention for activities that require repetition and practice, like learning to spell their names and learning to sequence numbers. This cute fine motor Easter activity covers a lot of bases: fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills, visual motor skills and more! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Boiled eggs, magazines, scissors, Mod Podge, paintbrush, egg carton WHAT TO DO: First, go ahead and get creative, having your child dye or paint his Easter ... Read More about EASTER ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS: MOD PODGE EASTER EGGS
10 PEDIATRIC THERAPIST-APPROVED TOYS FOR TACTILE PLAY
Our recent post about the Tactile System described how we use touch to receive and interpret information from our environment. This sensory system allows us to feel and differentiate pressure, texture, temperature, and even pain. A functioning tactile system is essential for healthy child development because it allows children to feel secure and organized enough in their bodies to attend and respond to all of the other sensory information they encounter each day. A well-developed tactile system allows children to explore and navigate their world safely and confidently. Here is a list of 10 ... Read More about 10 PEDIATRIC THERAPIST-APPROVED TOYS FOR TACTILE PLAY
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: 3 EASY EASTER CARDS FOR KIDS
Kids who are just learning to use scissors LOVE to practice snipping anything they can get their hands on - junk mail, magazines, scrap paper (a sibling’s hair :). Any supervised practice with scissors is great in our book, but sometimes it’s nice to give an actual purpose to all that snipping! Little ones will love creating their own Easter grass and some cute carrots for the Easter Bunny with these 3 simple fine motor activities. Friends and family members will love getting a handmade, one-of-a-kind Easter card! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Blank cards or paper, ink pads, green construction or ... Read More about FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: 3 EASY EASTER CARDS FOR KIDS
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: MOSSY EGGS
Sometimes the best holiday decorations are the ones made by your kids. With spring just arriving (FINALLY!), we thought it would be fun to get outside and get messy to make a great Easter centerpiece, targeting fine and sensory motor skills in the process. Looking for fun fine motor activities for Easter? Try making some Mossy Easter Eggs! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: a few plastic eggs, newspaper, flour and water in a ZipLoc bag to make a paste, and some moss from a under a shady tree! WHAT TO DO: The collage above shows all of the steps for this activity. This activity is a litlte more ... Read More about FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: MOSSY EGGS
CHILD DEVELOPMENT QUICK TIP: VISUAL MOTOR SKILLS
Looking for an easy way to work on visual motor skills with kids? Try this quick tip! Visual motor integration is the ability to coordinate the eyes and hands together to complete a task. Tracing lines of a picture with a bottle of liquid glue is amazing practice for this and is a great opportunity to promote hand strength, too! We are about to lay shiny sequins on this one. What can you create with your little one? Be sure to click over to our Clinical Close-Up page to learn more about child development with our easy-to-understand definitions and explanations. Looking for more fun ... Read More about CHILD DEVELOPMENT QUICK TIP: VISUAL MOTOR SKILLS
The Tactile System
What is the Tactile System? The tactile sense is how we interpret the information we get from the receptors on our skin. When we encounter the feel of an object in our environment, our nervous system receives this information and helps us understand and differentiate pressure, texture, traction, and other tactile qualities of the object and lets us determine exactly what it is that we’re feeling. Our tactile system also helps us to understand temperature and to feel pain. There is a relationship between touch and the emotional centers in the brain, helping us make decisions and ... Read More about The Tactile System
MOVEMENT MONDAY GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES WEEK OF MARCH 31
Let's take a look at all of the fantastic gross motor activities that were shared on our Facebook page this week for Movement Monday. If you are new here, Movement Monday is a day to celebrate whole body movement to get kids moving. So, we invite you to head on over to our Facebook page and share your favorite gross motor ideas. We pin them throughout the week and then round them up every Monday. Here were our top 3 favorites from this past week. iGAMEMOM shared a very unique way to get kids moving that I absolutely LOVE! We downloaded Big Cat Race as soon as I saw it on Facebook and, I ... Read More about MOVEMENT MONDAY GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES WEEK OF MARCH 31
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