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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 …

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 …

New Year, New Toys

admin January 30, 2017bilateral coordination, color recognition, educational insights, fat brain toys, fine motor, games, grasping skills, hand eye coordination, lakeshore, peaceable kingdom, social skills, squigz, visual skills Leave a Comment

One of the things that tends to happen to me during holiday shopping for my daughter and other kids is that I end up getting …

Snow Day Fun!

admin January 10, 2017arts and crafts, bilateral coordination, cutting, fine motor, graphomotor, hand eye coordination, play, snow day, social skills, strengthening, tactile defensiveness, visual skills Leave a Comment

I spent most of this past weekend playing outside in the snow. I’m not sure who enjoys the snowy weather more: me or my 6 …

Meet Norman & Jules

admin December 15, 2016bilateral coordination, color recognition, crafts, creativity, emotions, feelings, fine motor, grasping skills, norman and jules, play, strengthening, toys, visual skills Leave a Comment

Today, I am featuring one of my favorite Park Slope toy stores. Norman & Jules, established in 2012 by long time Park Slope residents, Courtney …

Meet Rose and Rex!

admin December 13, 2016babies, bilateral coordination, cause and effect, creativity, free play, grasping skills, hand eye coordination, imagination, play skills, problem solving, rose and rex, teethers, toys Leave a Comment

One of the things I worked very hard on this year while putting my together my 2016 Holiday Gift Guide was to try and link to …

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 …

Building Blocks of Play

admin November 23, 2016bilateral coordination, confidence, construction, creativity, executive functioning, fine motor, hape, hope learning toys, imagination, magnatiles, STEM products, tegu, visual skills, waldorf Leave a Comment

Building/Construction ToysThis is one of my favorite sections to complete each year. While there are several items that are always on there, I have included …

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