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Tweens Like To Play Too!

admin December 1, 2016arts and crafts, balance, bilateral coordination, board games, coordination, executive functioning, fine motor, gross motor, organizational skills, problem solving, social skills, tweens, visual skills Leave a Comment

Over the years, I have heard from parents of tweens and soon to be teens how tricky buying gifts for this age can be. Because …

For the Wee Ones!

admin November 26, 2016books, colors, core strength, eye hand coordination, fine motor, grasping, gross motor, infants, manipulation skills, oball, poke a dot, shapes, strengthening, teethers, toddlers, toys Leave a Comment

Baby and toddler toys are always the hardest for me to recommend. Not because there aren’t a ton to choose from, but more that I …

2016 Holiday Gift Guide

admin November 25, 2016activity book, alphabet, arts and crafts, attention, balance, bilateral coordination, cooperative play, coordination, fine motor, gift guide, gross motor, social emotional, social skills Leave a Comment

Year after year, I am asked by parents what they should get or suggest to others for holiday gifts. While they want the gifts to …

Building Blocks of Play

admin November 23, 2016bilateral coordination, confidence, construction, creativity, executive functioning, fine motor, hape, hope learning toys, imagination, magnatiles, STEM products, tegu, visual skills, waldorf Leave a Comment

Building/Construction ToysThis is one of my favorite sections to complete each year. While there are several items that are always on there, I have included …

For The Budding Artist

admin November 22, 2016arts and crafts, bilateral coordination, coloring, confidence, creativity, fine motor, orb factory, pompoms, self esteem, social skills, STEM products, sticky mosaics, strengthening, visual skills Leave a Comment

One of my favorite things to recommend to families for gifts are arts and crafts kits or activity books. Not only are they great for …

The Little Things….Stocking Stuffers and Other Little Gifts

admin November 21, 2016attention, bilateral coordination, creativity, executive functioning, eye hand coordination, fine motor, focus, games, graphomotor, grasping, sensory processing, strengthening Leave a Comment

Small Gifts/Stocking StuffersPeople are always on the lookout for small gifts or stocking stuffers that won’t clutter up your house. There are also a lot …

Let’s Get Social

admin November 19, 2016attention, cooperative play, feelings, fine motor, games, klutz, matching, moon picnic, puzzles, social emotional, social skills, visual skills Leave a Comment

Social Emotional ToysIn the last couple of years, I have become more and more interested in finding products that help with social emotional learning. I’ve …

Game On!

admin November 18, 2016blue orange, confidence, eye hand coordination, family, fine motor, games, graphomotor, gross motor, peaceable kingdom, self esteem, social skills, visual skills Leave a Comment

Games make a great gift, especially if you are looking for gifts that will be good for the whole family. In a day and age …

Jump for Joy!

admin November 2, 2016balance, bilateral coordination, body awareness, coordination, endurance, exercise, fat brain toys, gross motor, modulation, motor planning, regulation, strengthening, trampoline Leave a Comment

As many of you have noticed, the holiday gift guides and catalogues are starting to clog up our inbox and mailbox. For the most part, …

It’s All About the Self-Care Skills

admin October 4, 2016adls, chopsticks, confidence, ez sox, fine motor, hogwild, independence, reflo smart cup, self esteem, skip hop, soft clothing, u-lace, zoo sticks Leave a Comment

Whenever I tell people what I do as an occupational therapist, I tell them I get to play with some of New York City’s coolest …

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