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Gifts For the Little Ones!

admin November 17, 2017bilateral coordination, blocks, building toys, coloring, crafts, fine motor, grasping skills, imagination, social emotional Leave a Comment

I love finding gifts for the little kids in my life that they can grow with…things that will serve different purposes at different points in …

Game Time!

admin November 13, 2017board games, collaboration, executive functioning, fat brain toys, fine motor, grasp, lakeshore, peaceable kingdom, social skills, strengthening, team work, visual skills, zoo sticks Leave a Comment

This part of my Holiday Gift Guide focuses on games. Some of these games make my list each and every year but many are new …

For Your Young Architects…Construction Toys for All Ages

admin November 10, 2017building toys, construction, fat brain toys, fine motor, hand eye coordination, magnatiles, offbits, plus plus, social skills, spatial skills, tegu, visual skills, waldorf Leave a Comment

Building toys are great for a variety of reasons. They are one of the things that I tell parents to splurge on because good building …

The Holiday Book Guide

admin November 8, 2017books, bravery, bullying, courage, fairness, friendship skills, gift guide 2017, manners, problem solving, social emotional, social skills Leave a Comment

In addition to being an occupational therapist, I also run a social skills group called The Meeting House Juniors. We are a recreational based social skills …

Bits and Pieces FTW!

admin October 16, 2017bilateral coordination, creativity, executive functioning, fat brain toys, fine motor, frustration, manipulation skills, social skills, strengthening, The Offbits, visual attention, visual motor Leave a Comment

I am sure we all have that website that just sucks you in and you can be hypnotized to buy just about anything. For me, …

More Than Pen and Paper

admin September 22, 2017bilateral coordination, boogie board, core strength, graphomotor, grasping, hand eye coordination, handwriting, paper free, sensory play, stylus, vertical surface Leave a Comment

As an occupational therapist for school age children, one of the things I work on a lot of the time is the development of age-appropriate …

Ten OT Tools For Under $10

admin September 13, 2017attention, bilateral coordination, fine motor, focus, grasp, hand eye coordination, hogwild, lee magic, manipulation skills, strengthening, toys, visual skills, wikki stix Leave a Comment

Often times, parents of the kids I work with are looking for activities that they can do at home to carryover the work we do …

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Supplies!

admin September 6, 2017back to school, calendars, executive functioning, handwriting, ooly, organization, school supplies, writing instruments, yoobi Leave a Comment

I have been procrastinating getting myself and daughter ready for the new school year. For some reason, no summer seems to have gone by quicker …

The Plus of Plus Plus Blocks!

admin July 21, 2017bilateral coordination, building toys, creativity, fine motor, grasping, hand eye coordination, manipulation skills, openended play, plus plus, social skills Leave a Comment

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I am spending the summer learning as much about open ended play and how I could incorporate …

A Popping Good Time!

admin July 5, 2017bilateral coordination, creativity, executive functioning, fine motor, imagination, manipulation skills, openended play, organizational skills, planning, popoids, social skills, strengthening Leave a Comment

There are a few toys/tools that pretty much every occupational therapist and therapeutic gym has. One of those are wrapper snappers or pop tubes. This …

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