Looking for fun Halloween fine motor activities? You’ve come to the right place! Try this one during your next OT session or in your classroom! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. We’re all about using simple Halloween manipulatives to create fun and spooky activities for kiddos. And we’re willing to bet that you’ve never thought of using this old classic Halloween prop for some fine motor fun in the classroom or at your next Halloween party! If you're a teacher, or an occupational therapist - this Halloween-themed activity will be perfect for you during the month of ... Read More about Halloween Fine Motor Activities: Vampire Teeth
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Fun Indoor Games for Kids: Pumpkin Relay Race for Kids
Check out these fun indoor games for kids - all using a pumpkin! So many fun and easy ways to play! Pumpkins are pretty much the perfect playthings. They’re round (perfect for rolling and tossing), they’re heavy (awesome for bowling and just knocking things down in general), and they have all kinds of gooey, slimy stuff inside. What more could a kid ask for? Today, we’ll use this classic symbol of fall for some relay race fun that targets gross motor skills, midline crossing, strengthening, and body awareness! Want to extend the pumpkin theme while teaching kids about feelings? Try ... Read More about Fun Indoor Games for Kids: Pumpkin Relay Race for Kids
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
How to Survive as a Shark – Sensory Lesson Plan
This fun sensory lesson plan will give kids a glimpse into what it's like to be a shark! I often reference animals in my therapy practice. Kids love to use their imaginations to move their bodies and, the bonus is, they have no idea how awesome this type of movement is for development. I’ll have kids crab walk to work on core strength and motor planning. We walk like penguins to practice weight shifting and we move like spiders climbing their webs to boost our ability to cross midline. My son is totally into fishing right now. Any and all fishing! He is enthralled with YouTube ... Read More about How to Survive as a Shark – Sensory Lesson Plan
Developmental Skills: At What Age Do Babies Roll Over?
At what age do babies roll over? Learn more about this important baby milestone here! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. At what age do babies roll over? Babies learn to roll as a means of getting from one place to another. They may roll from their tummy to back as early as 2 months (usually by 5 months) and usually respond to their newfound maneuver with a giant startle reflex! After they have that down pat, you may notice them rocking their legs back and forth while lying on their backs or reaching as far as they can over their bodies until they accomplish rolling ... Read More about Developmental Skills: At What Age Do Babies Roll Over?
20 Creative Ways to Practice Single Leg Stance
Check out our favorite fun and creative ways to practice single leg stance with kids! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Some of my favorite therapy activities are balance activities for kids. I love to watch their little faces as they discover that they can make it across my “bridge” without falling in the lake (a balance beam with imaginary water underneath), or when they are finally able to count all the way to 5 while standing on one foot like a tree. Single leg stance is one specific activity that many standardized tests in pediatric physical therapy use to measure ... Read More about 20 Creative Ways to Practice Single Leg Stance
Quadruped Position: Why it’s Important and 10 Fun Ways to Play!
Quadruped position. We like to think of it as "the king of all body positions" in pediatric physical and occupational therapy. *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. In quadruped position, we can get a lot of information about a child’s level of physical development. And, in this position we can have kids engage in a ton of effective therapeutic play activities. What is the quadruped position? The answer is super simple...another reason we love this position - it doesn’t require any fancy equipment or any complicated set-up.Quadruped is the simply the hands and ... Read More about Quadruped Position: Why it’s Important and 10 Fun Ways to Play!
Fine Motor Skills Activities: Fine Motor ABCs
Looking for some new fine motor skills activities for kids? Stacie Erfle, MS, OTR/L is here today to share her awesome resource - Fine Motor ABCs! A quick Google search will lead to endless possible activities to build fine motor skills. Pinterest is full of imaginative activities to get kids creating with their hands. In this digital world, there is definitely no lack of ideas of what to do. However, in the focus on the what, it can be easy to lose sight of the why. Fine motor skills activities done without knowing the why behind them are still beneficial for kids. After all, ... Read More about Fine Motor Skills Activities: Fine Motor ABCs
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