This post contains affiliate links. Read more.Building with blocks is more than child's play; it's a gateway to promoting a huge range of different developmental skills.What may look like simple play and exploration as kids stack and create with blocks, what’s really happening is much more complex and can have a profound impact on a child's growth and development. We use lots of different block sets during our developmental play groups, during occupational therapy and physical therapy sessions, and during co-treatment sessions with OT, PT, and SLP. Why? Because they’re a simple tool that ... Read More about Block Play for Kids (+The Best Block Sets)
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Hand Strengthening: Red Flags for Kids
Use these red flags to help identify kids who need to work on hand strengthening, and then you can introduce fun and playful activities geared toward building hand strength! When I first meet a student in my school-based OT practice, the first thing I ask the child is if they know what OT is. Most often, the answer is no, so over the years, I’ve developed a super simple way to explain what an occupational therapist does in the school setting: I ask the child to name all of the things they can think of that they use their hands for during the school day. And then, like magic, ... Read More about Hand Strengthening: Red Flags for Kids
Hearts Jumping Activity for Kids
This jumping activity for kids offers the opportunity to practice motor planning, body control, and more! Once kids figure out how to jump, they are hard to stop! This important developmental milestone is not only fun, it is important. Here are some of the benefits of jumping: Strengthening Coordination Motor planning Cardiovascular Learning How to Jump Kids typically learn to jump around the age of two with this skill progressing from being able to jump up a few inches to forward, down and over. Check out our blog post about Creative Ideas for Learning How to ... Read More about Hearts Jumping Activity for Kids
How to Encourage Independent Play
Ready to find out how to teach your child to play independently? These 25 ideas will spark creativity, independence, and fun! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. If you struggle to truly enjoy engaging in imaginative play with your kids, trust us, you are not alone. It can be hard (and exhausting) to get down on the floor and pretend to be pirates or play dolls with your little one. And while we know that engagement and pretend play are crucial aspects of child development for so many reasons, we also like to emphasize the importance of independent unstructured play for ... Read More about How to Encourage Independent Play
Starting a YouTube Channel as a Pediatric Therapist
Learn more about starting a YouTube channel as a pediatric therapist! As part of our series on Side Hustle Ideas for Pediatric Therapists, we are doing a deeper dive into some of our favorite hustlers in the business. These therapists have worked tirelessly to grow and develop their businesses from the ground up, adding creative new elements businesses along the way! In this post, we’ll hear from Dana Cary, owner and founder of The OT Guide YouTube channel. Dana started her YouTube channel from scratch when her schools shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she's ... Read More about Starting a YouTube Channel as a Pediatric Therapist
Developmental Skills: Preventing the Summer Slide
Looking for fun and creative ideas to prevent the summer slide and keep kids active, learning and engaged to prepare for school? We've got you covered! Every year in our school based therapy practice, we create and send home summer packets for our students to help prevent the summer slide. We believe that practice makes perfect (or at least progress!) when it comes to school readiness! Check out these ideas for preventing the summer slide by practicing the foundation skills kids need most for school! Fun ways to prevent the summer slide! No one wants to think about school over the ... Read More about Developmental Skills: Preventing the Summer Slide
Simple Interactive Holiday Movement Game
These simple Google Slides are perfect for inspiring movement and self-regulation during in-person OR virtual therapy/classroom sessions! We're hearing from therapists and teachers every day who are looking for simple ways to target movement skills during virtual sessions or to get kids up and moving after long periods of the day spent on screens. Today, we're here to share a super simple Christmas tree-themed Google Slide presentation that's the perfect way to get kids moving this holiday season! Whether you're targeting skills like balance, coordination, and strength during ... Read More about Simple Interactive Holiday Movement Game
Hand Strength Red Flags for Kids
Use these hand strength red flags to help identify kids who need to work on developing the muscles of their hands, and then you can introduce fun and playful activities geared toward building hand strength! When I first meet a student in my school-based OT practice, the first thing I ask the child is if they know what OT is. Most often, the answer is no, so over the years, I’ve developed a super simple way to explain what an occupational therapist does in the school setting: I ask the child to name all of the things they can think of that they use their hands for during the ... Read More about Hand Strength Red Flags for Kids
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