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2020 Holiday Gift Guide-Game Time!

admin November 15, 2020balance, bilateral coordination, collaboration, eeBoo, family games, fine motor, gross motor, hand eye coordination, preschool, school age, tweens, visual scanning, visual skills Leave a Comment

Winter always means more indoor times and with concerns about another wave of Covid-19 cases as we enter the holiday season, I anticipate people will …

2018 Holiday Gift Guide-Gross Motor Toys

admin November 24, 2018balance, bilateral coordination, cooperative play, coordination, fat brain toys, fun and function, games, gross motor, hand eye coordination, meditation, mindfulness, motor planning, rose and rex, strengthening Leave a Comment

When people think of occupational therapy, they probably think of fine motor and sensory processing skills. While that is often the main focus of the …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Spring Has Sprung!

admin April 17, 2015balance, bilateral coordination, coordination, eye hand coordination, fine motor, grasping, gross motor, motor planning, preschool, school age, sensory processing, social skills, visual motor Leave a Comment

After what seems like the longest winter ever, spring has finally arrived in my corner of the world (Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York). Flowers …

The Big Stuff!

admin November 17, 2014balance, balance board, cooperative play, coordination, eye hand coordination, gross motor, ogosports, social skills, zoom ball Leave a Comment

Here’s another sneak peak to this year’s holiday gift guide. Yesterday, I focused on the small toys that you could get for kids. Today, I …

Fishing Around is Fun!

admin May 18, 2013attention, balance, bilateral coordination, eye hand coordination, focus, game, modulation, norman and jules, preschool, regulation, school age, toys, visual motor 1 Comment

I think all us therapists are familiar with the magnetic fishing puzzle by Melissa and Doug. I must use mine nearly 1000 times a year …

Just scooting along

admin December 12, 2012balance, bilateral coordination, body awareness, coordination, gross motor, mini kick, modulation, motor planning, occupational therapy, regulation, safety awareness, scooter Leave a Comment

As I looked over my Annual Holiday Gift Guide, I realized I forgot to include one of my most favorite toys. Living in Brooklyn and working …

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