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One Potato Head, Two Potato Heads, Three Potato Heads More!

admin March 15, 2013apps, body awareness, callaway digital arts, eye hand coordination, fine motor, following directions, iPad, motor planning, play, social skills, visual motor, visual perceptual, visual tracking Leave a Comment

I was all set to write about another of our favorite iPad apps this morning when Quinn and I discovered a new one from the …

Hiho, Hiho, Hiho Batik We Go

admin March 13, 2013art, arts and crafts, attention, batik, crafts, eye hand coordination, fine motor, hiho batik, motor planning, park slope, school age, self esteem, sequencing, social skills, tracing, visual motor, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

I don’t consider myself entirely crafty. I love it and am inspired by crafty moms who spend hours crafting with their children. When I had …

Pep, Pepi Hooray!

admin March 8, 2013apps, attention, focus, iPad, matching, modulation, occupational therapy, pepi play, preschool, regulation, visual motor, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

I love the iPad. Love it a lot. I love it for all the things I can do with it personally (write emails, check the …

This Game is Nut-Tastic!

admin March 5, 2013attention, color recognition, educational insights, focus, following directions, games, grasping, occupational therapy, preschool, social skills, visual motor, visual perceptual, visual tracking Leave a Comment

I tend to have a hard time finding board games that are good for younger children. As an occupational therapist, I am constantly on the …

Endless fun learning your alphabet

admin March 1, 2013alphabet, apps, grasping, iPad, matching, occupational therapy, sequencing, speech therapy, visual motor, visual perceptual, visual tracking 1 Comment

Every once in a while I find out about a new app and have to share it with everyone. Endless Alphabet is one of those …

It’s All in the Wrist

admin February 26, 2013attention, fine motor, focus, games, manipulation skills, occupational therapy, organization, regulation, social skills, strengthening, tenzi, visual motor, visual perceptual, visual tracking Leave a Comment

One of my many occupational therapy jobs is that I am a founding member of The Meeting House, an after school program for school age …

They Did it Again-Bugs and Bubbles

admin February 22, 2013alphabet, apps, attention, bugs and bubbles, bugs and buttons, eye hand coordination, focus, grasping, iPad, little bit studio, occupational therapy, pinching, preschool, school age, visual tracking Leave a Comment

Months back, I wrote this blog about Bugs and Buttons. Recently, I discovered another great app from Little Bit Studio, creators of Bugs and Buttons. Bugs and …

Square by Square a Mosaic is Made

admin February 19, 2013art, boys, color, eye hand coordination, fine motor, Girls, grasping, matching, mosaic, number identification, orbfactory, school age, social skills, strengthening, toddler, visual motor, visual perceptual skills Leave a Comment

For the last several years, I have compiled a holiday toy suggestion list for the families I work work with; this is my 2012 Holiday …

The Writing is on the pad…the iPad

admin February 15, 2013alphabet, fizzbrain apps, graphomotor, handwriting, handwriting without tears, iPad, iPhone, LetterSchool, visual motor, visual perceptual skills Leave a Comment

I am always looking for great handwriting apps. One of the things I work on with most of my children is handwriting and encouraging them …

EZ as 1, 2, 3

admin February 3, 2013bilateral coordination, clothing, following directions, independence, occupational therapy, school age, self care skills, sequencing, toddler, visual motor Leave a Comment

This is mainly a toy blog, but as an occupational therapist, I spend a lot of time helping children in becoming more independent. Not only …

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