Snow Day!

admin January 22, 2016baking, board games, cooking, cooperative play, crafts, cutting, fine motor, games, handwriting, indoors, outdoors, snow day, social skills Leave a Comment

With the anticipation of the impending snow this weekend, I thought I would focus today’s post on both outdoor and indoor activities you can do …

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Stick It To Me!

admin January 12, 2016crossing midline, cutting, eye hand coordination, grasping, lee magic, orb factory, stickers, sticky mosaics, strengthening, visual skills, visual tracking, writing Leave a Comment

According to my friends at Red Tricycle today is National Sticker Day which I love to know.  I have always loved stickers.  As a matter …

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Genius…Super Genius!

admin January 11, 2016blue orange, cooperative play, executive functioning, games, graphomotor, grasping, reading skills, social skill, speech and language, visual skills 1 Comment

My daughter is in the process of learning how to read.  She’s on the verge but for whatever reason, is resisting and has hit a …

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Let’s Get Social!

admin December 9, 2015building toys, coloring, crafts, executive functioning, fine motor, games, gross motor, magnatiles, orb factory, puzzles, social skills, sports, visual skills Leave a Comment

The holiday season has always been my favorite but since moving to New York City and having a child of my own, it’s become even …

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Gifts for The Tough to Please….Tweens!

admin November 25, 2015arts and crafts, coloring books, executive functioning, fine motor, games, holiday list, photography, play, social skill, subscriptions, tweens, visual skills Leave a Comment

If you have taken a look at my 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, you will know that I put a whole lot of time and heart …

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2015 Holiday Gift Guide

admin November 16, 2015bilateral coordination, educational insights, eye hand coordination, fine motor, holiday, janod, letter recognition, matching, shapes, social skill, strengthening, tiggly, visual attention, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

It honestly feels like it was just yesterday that I was putting together my 2014 Gift Guide.  This list is a labor of love but …

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Thinking Inside and Outside The Lines

admin November 13, 2015activity books, babylit books, chalkola, coloring books, crayola, grasping, handwriting, pkolino, usborne, writing instruments Leave a Comment

This may be my favorite section of my whole guide because one of my favorite things to do is color.  I can spend hours coloring …

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Life Is An Open Book

admin November 12, 2015alphabet, babylit, blue orange, books, creativity, emotions, eye hand coordination, feelings, inside out, janod, literacy, reading materials, social skills, speech and language, visual skills Leave a Comment

This is a new addition to the gift guide.  My daughter is now 5 years old and in kindergarten so this is something that has …

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More Than Meets The Eye

admin November 11, 2015bilateral coordination, educational insights, eye hand coordination, fine motor, janod, letter recognition, matching, shapes, strengthening, tiggly, visual attention, visual perceptual, visual perceptual skills Leave a Comment

In this portion of my 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, I focus on fun toys that work on building a variety of visual skills.  Visual skills, …

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The Small (But Fun) Stuff!

admin November 8, 2015arts and crafts, bilateral coordination, christmas, fine motor, fun and function, grasping, hanukkah, holiday shopping, moulin roty, rainbow loom, stocking stuffers, strengthening, visual skills, wikki stix Leave a Comment

Goody Bag Bar at Hiho Batik Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, finding small presents is a necessity during the holiday season.  For me, filling …

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