We might be occupational and physical therapists, but we can spot a great language activity from a mile away! We’re very lucky to work with some incredible speech language pathologists who amaze us by working speech, communication, social, and cognitive skills into unique, creative activities for kids every day. Today’s activity was created by one of our dear friends, speech language pathologist Julianne Wolf. She came up with this cute speech therapy rhyming activity called The Rhyming Reindeer game as one of her speech therapy activities for the holidays. WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Clothespins, ... Read More about RHYMING REINDEER LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
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PEPPERMINT GLITTER CHRISTMAS CRAFT
The smell of peppermint automatically makes me think of the holidays. We use glitter all year long for various crafts because kids love it! In this fun activity, we will turn sweet little striped peppermints into glitter to decorate some cute name tags for the holidays! This Christmas craft will thrill the person that receives the gift and they’ll smell wonderful too! This activity lets kids use their big AND little muscles all at once! The perfect Peppermint Glitter Christmas Craft for Coordination! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Peppermints, storage bag, red construction paper, black sharpie ... Read More about PEPPERMINT GLITTER CHRISTMAS CRAFT
Wikki Stixy Turkey Free Printable Thanksgiving Activity
This fun and free printable Thanksgiving activity for kids that celebrates the star of the show on Thanksgiving: the turkey! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Get your “super fingers” ready for this one! Meet Wikki Stixy Tom….a Thanksgiving fine motor activity created from Wikki Stix!! He makes a great decoration to stick to a window or a wall! What You'll Need: Template of a turkey or your own creative outline -Wikki Stix What to do: Print out the turkey template here or draw up your own creative turkey. Next, have kids place Wikki Stix along the black outlines ... Read More about Wikki Stixy Turkey Free Printable Thanksgiving Activity
HALLOWEEN CRAFT: “TEAR”-IFYING JACK-O-LANTERNS
At school, teachers are always asking me how to teach kids to open wrappers for their lunch items. My usual response? Practice tearing paper! It's great for strengthening and bilateral coordination and...it's just plain fun! Get those Super Fingers to work with this fun Halloween craft for kids! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 1 piece of white paper, crayon or marker, scissors, construction paper (orange, black, green for jack o lantern), glue WHAT TO DO: Have the child draw a large pumpkin shape on standard white paper with any marker or crayon of their choice. Next, have them cut out their pumpkin ... Read More about HALLOWEEN CRAFT: “TEAR”-IFYING JACK-O-LANTERNS
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: HANGING OUT THE WASH
I grew up on a farm and I can’t think of a day when I didn’t hear my mom say, “Girls, there is a load of laundry to hang out”. I didn’t often have the luxury of sitting around for hours watching Saturday morning cartoons. There was work to be done! Now I can appreciate that some of that work can be made into fun gross motor and fine motor activities for kids that are beneficial too! WHAT YOU'LL NEED: A clothesline or piece of string, clothespins, clothing items or doll clothes. WHAT TO DO: String a piece of rope or a Dollar Store clothesline between two trees or even two chairs if you ... Read More about FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: HANGING OUT THE WASH
Kids and Grasping Skills
Learn more about how to promote grasping skills for kids! Grasp Patterns There are two sides to every hand, a power side and a precision side. A power grasp uses all of the fingers and the thumb together to hold something using counter pressure. This takes strength. Some examples of using a power grasp include holding onto monkey bars, pounding with a toy hammer, or playing tug of war with a rope. A precision grasp uses only three fingers that are known for control and coordinating small movements of the hand. These fingers are the thumb, first, and middle fingers...or, as we call ... Read More about Kids and Grasping Skills
CLINICAL CLOSE-UP
This page is intended to describe the benefits of the activities presented on the blog and is for use by ANYONE! As moms, we understand that some of the medical lingo related to pediatrics might leave you scratching your head and totally confused. But as medical professionals, we don't think anyone should be left in the dark when it comes to healthy development for kids! That's why you'll find a brief, user-friendly summary after each medical definition, just to make sure we're all on the same page. Balance is the ability to maintain the line of gravity of a body within the base of ... Read More about CLINICAL CLOSE-UP
freebies
Check out our list of fun printable activities for kids that promote fine motor, visual motor, and gross motor development. Click on the titles to see each activity and get the printables: The Butter Making Song: Use this simple farm activity with a printable song as an opportunity to talk to kids about where their food comes from and how it’s made. Make Me a Monster: Kids will have a blast finishing off the faces of the Halloween characters in these free printable activities for kids. A great activity to encourage visual motor skills and attention to detail. The Little Old Lady ... Read More about freebies
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