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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Gingerbread Game for Kids
This Gingerbread Game for Kids is a great way to work on core strength, coordination, motor planning, social skills and more! Perfect for the holiday season! One of our favorite activities that we’ve ever created for the Inspired Treehouse was Body Bridges. It was such a simple activity, but we loved it because of how effective it was at building core strength and upper body strength and because it was created by the kids themselves!We knew we already loved this activity, but today, I managed to make it even more fun by giving it a holiday twist! It was Gingerbread Week at The ... Read More about Gingerbread Game for Kids
Printable Christmas Games: Santa Boot Camp
If you're looking for printable Christmas games for kids, this Santa Boot Camp freebie will be right up your alley! Print the cards today and try it in your classroom, therapy practice, or with your kids at home! It is time for Santa to get in shape so he is strong and ready to deliver all of the goodies to the children of the world in just a few short weeks! His team of 8 has been going through their Reindeer Bootcamp since this summer so they are more than ready for their task ahead. Let’s see if we can all practice the moves that keep Santa fit. He knows when we’ve been naughty ... Read More about Printable Christmas Games: Santa Boot Camp
Christmas Games for Kids: Present Stacking!
Add this fun and simple idea to your list of Christmas games for kids - it’s perfect for promoting core strength, balance, and social skills! We were short on present-themed gross motor activities during our play groups at The Treehouse this week and this fun idea came to mind at the last minute! The kids loved it! All you need are some basic props and the game can be changed up based on what supplies you have on hand. What You’ll Need: -Something to use as “presents”. Bonus points if you wrap them too! We used these cardboard bricks but you could also try the activity with ... Read More about Christmas Games for Kids: Present Stacking!
50+ Hands On Learning Activities for under $50
Check out how we shopped for and prepped more than 50 hands-on learning activities for less than $50 and packaged it up with Playful Learning Lab for Kids to make the best teacher or therapist gift ever! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. We just finished up almost a year of hard work on our book, Playful Learning Lab for Kids. And as soon as we had the beautiful final copies in our hands, it occurred to me that this book is truly the best teacher gift ever. The only thing that could make it even better? Taking it a step further by including not just the book, but every ... Read More about 50+ Hands On Learning Activities for under $50
Hand Strengthening Through Everyday Play
Check out some of our favorite ideas to build hand strength through everyday play! Strong hands are an important component of developmental skill building for all kids! Think about all of the functional tasks that kids use their hands for on a daily basis: opening doors, turning on faucets, buttoning clothing, holding and controlling a pencil…Pediatric occupational therapists spend all kinds of time creating and implementing programs designed to improve a child’s hand strength. And, at The Inspired Treehouse, we have posted many of our favorite ways to make little hands strong through ... Read More about Hand Strengthening Through Everyday Play
How to Find an Occupational Therapy Mentor
If you're wondering how to find an Occupational Therapy Mentor, look no further! Today, we're sharing lots of information about mentorship, along with an awesome online resource that can help therapists find a mentor. Many occupational therapists struggle with advancing their clinical expertise. One way to develop professionally is through a mentorship experience with another therapist. Traditionally, a mentor is the role a more experienced occupational therapist plays as they guide a less experienced therapist by modeling positive behaviors. A mentor is a role that promotes ... Read More about How to Find an Occupational Therapy Mentor
Halloween Activities for Kids: 3 Fun Ways to Spin a Web
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve teamed up to create 3 fun Halloween activities for kids that will challenge fine and gross motor skills while keeping little ones occupied for hours! Fine Motor Challenge What you'll need -chairs -yarn -fake spiders or other Halloween trinkets What to do Position two chairs a few feet apart with backs facing each other. Tie the end of a ball of yarn to one of the rungs of the chair and start weaving and wrapping the rest of the yarn back and forth between the chairs at all different levels to create your web. Put out a container of plastic ... Read More about Halloween Activities for Kids: 3 Fun Ways to Spin a Web
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