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2018 Holiday Gift Guide-This and That

admin November 28, 2018bilateral coordination, executive functioning, family games, fine motor, gift guide 2018, gross motor, hand eye coordination, ooly, sensory play, vertical surface, visual skills Leave a Comment

In this installment of the 2018 Holiday Gift Guide, I share a bunch of my favorite toys, games and craft sets. I have also included …

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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 …

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Crazy for OOLY

admin September 17, 2018attention, bilateral coordination, crafts, executive functioning, fine motor, focus, grasping, hand eye coordination, handwriting, ooly, visual skills Leave a Comment

I’ll be the first to admit that I might have a bit of an obsession when it comes to buying supplies for work. It’s pretty …

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Summer Crafting With Your Bigs!

admin July 25, 2018aquabeads, art, arts and crafts, beads, bilateral coordination, bracelets, executive functioning, fine motor, friendship, grasping skills, hand eye coordination, kid made modern, norman and jules, putty Leave a Comment

Today’s blog post was inspired by all the summer camp posts I have been seeing all over Facebook and Instagram. I have an 8 year …

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The Write Stuff!

admin March 29, 2018bilateral coordination, crayola, fine motor, grasping, handwriting, ooly, preschool, school age, stylus, tripod grasp, twee, vertical surface, writing instruments Leave a Comment

There are several reasons children are referred to occupational therapy but one of the most common, especially for school age children, is because of difficulties …

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Boom Yah!

admin February 2, 2018bilateral coordination, eye hand coordination, fine motor, games, grasp strength, modulation, moose toys, regulation, sportsmanship, visual motor Leave a Comment

One of the things I love about the holiday season is that it often means the discovery of new toys to bring into work.  I …

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The Small Stuff-2017 Holiday Gift Edition

admin November 27, 2017bilateral coordination, crafts, executive functioning, fine motor, games, graphomotor, grasping, hand eye coordination, hogwild, lee magic, mudpuppy, ooly, plus plus, puzzles, visual skills, wikki stix Leave a Comment

This is one of my favorite parts of my holiday guide year after year.  I love finding little treasures that will not only entertain kids …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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