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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Soaring Into Summer

admin May 22, 2016arts and crafts, gifts, graphomotor, handwriting, preschool, project kid, school age, social emotional, summer Leave a Comment

It seems like just yesterday I was preparing for the beginning of the new school year.  It was a new experience for me…my only child …

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We Are Family!

admin February 22, 2016arts and crafts, baking, blocks, building toys, cooking, games, magnatiles, orb factory, paristanyc, siblings, social skills, sticky mosaics, tegu Leave a Comment

When you work with children, you end up working with their entire family….and that’s pretty fantastic.  We all know the importance of family, especially the …

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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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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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Oh The Weather Outside Is Frightful, But Play Inside Can Be Delightful!

admin November 3, 2015arts and crafts, baking, bilateral coordination, building toys, executive functioning, eye hand coordination, fine motor, janod, magnatiles, rainy day activities, science, social skills, tegu, visual skills Leave a Comment

I have a lot of memories of growing up and the fun things I did with my sisters.  We had a massive garage and no …

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The Monster Mash!

admin October 23, 2015apps, arts and crafts, attention, colors, executive functioning, focus, halloween, iPad, labo, preschool, sago mini, school age, sequence, social skills, storybooks, toca boca, visual motor, visual perceptual skills Leave a Comment

Halloween is just around the corner and it’s really beginning to feel a lot like it in the air.  All around New York City, decorations …

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One Bead at a Time

admin September 25, 2015activity book, aquabeads, arts and crafts, attention, beados, executive functioning, fine motor, frustration, grasping, organization, prob, problem solving, school age, social skills, strengthening, visual skills Leave a Comment

When my daughter was coming up with her list for Santa Claus last year, she kept this arts and crafts kit she had seen at …

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