We love coming up with new Valentine's Day Activities for Kids! Today's Hearts & Arrows Game is perfect for challenging visual skills! If you're an occupational therapist, you probably spend a good part of your day working with kids on visual motor skills. Whether it's handwriting or drawing, or utensil use - you know how important visual skills are when it comes to everyday functioning for kids. Sometimes, it can be hard to stay inspired and think of new, creative activities for your kids week after week. That's what we're here for! We find that the seasons and holidays often ... Read More about Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids: Hearts & Arrows Visual Game
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Snowman Activity for Kids: Snowman Charades
This snowman activity for kids is a fun way to get kids up and moving during those cold winter months! We hear from many therapists, teachers, and parents that winter is a rough time of year for those who live in colder climates. While there are tons of fun outdoor winter activities to boost development, there are some winter days that are just too cold to go outside!Maybe you're stuck inside at home with kids yelling, running, jumping on couches/beds, and bouncing off the walls. Or maybe you're in your classroom with indoor recess instead of a chance to get outside on the ... Read More about Snowman Activity for Kids: Snowman Charades
Snowman Soup Kit: Winter Activity for Kids
Check out this snowman soup kit - perfect for working on visual skills, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills! Kids love mixing and pretending to make potions and soups of all kinds! They also love the challenge of following a recipe!We thought it would be fun to make a wintery twist on this activity with some recipe cards for making Snowman Soup! If you like these check out our Magic Potion Sensory and Fine Motor Activity Pack! What You'll Need: Collect the following ingredients and place them in individual bowls for easy retrieving.Get all of these supplies plus a pack of ... Read More about Snowman Soup Kit: Winter Activity for Kids
3 Easy Games To Improve Self Control in Kids
If you're trying to find fun and creative ways to target self control in kids, look no further! These fun games are the perfect place to start! Self-Regulation & Movement Demonstrating regulation of sensory and movement responses is one important aspect of self control in kids. And many kids struggle with this area of development so much that it can impact their independence and success at school, at home, and out in the community. When we talk about self control related to movement, we're referring to the force, direction, and speed of movements, which requires healthy ... Read More about 3 Easy Games To Improve Self Control in Kids
Name Writing Practice Ideas for Kids
These name writing practice ideas are easy to work into the classroom or therapy room for daily practice! When should Kids learn to write their name? During the preschool years, kids move through a progression of prewriting and early writing skills, including tracing and imitating lines and shapes. As they become more independent and accurate with these prewriting skills, they begin to learn how to trace, imitate, and copy the letters of their name.When they move into kindergarten, kids should become proficient with writing their names independently. We see this skill repeated again ... Read More about Name Writing Practice Ideas for Kids
Physical Therapy Supplies: Your PT To-Go Kit
Use these basic physical therapy supplies to create your own Physical Therapy To-Go Kit! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Have you ever thought about what the staple pieces of physical therapy equipment in your therapist tool-kit really are? I have spent years with a trunk full of physical therapy products and gear and have only recently started scaling it back to a few key items that I seem to use all the time. As I transitioned into virtual therapy, I realized that if my students had just a few simple items at home with them, we could address a ton of developmental ... Read More about Physical Therapy Supplies: Your PT To-Go Kit
Printable Valentines for Visual Skills
These printable valentines are perfect for teachers to give out in their classroom or therapists to give to kids to celebrate the season of love while promoting visual skills! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. For pediatric therapists, a holiday like Valentine’s Day is always great inspiration for fun new activities! We can’t seem to help ourselves when it comes to creating engaging activities with a holiday theme. Valentine’s Day definitely seems to be one of our favorites! Over the years, we’ve used our therapist brains to come up with all kinds of fine motor, gross ... Read More about Printable Valentines for Visual Skills
Free Printable Valentine Cards for Fine Motor Skills
Looking for a fun Valentine idea for your classroom or therapy practice? These free printable Valentine cards are for you! These days, so many kids are struggling with the grasping skills and visual motor skills needed for coloring, drawing, prewriting, and handwriting. Due to the Covid pandemic, many kids have transitioned to primarily virtual or digital learning platforms that don’t allow for the same regular opportunities to practice these skills. But, as child development professionals, we know how crucial these early experiences with crayons, pencils, pens, and markers are for ... Read More about Free Printable Valentine Cards for Fine Motor Skills
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