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2020 Holiday Gift Guides-Toys and Such

admin December 7, 2020confidence, cooperative play, executive functioning, fine motor, gift guide2020, holiday list, open ended play, self esteem, visual skills Leave a Comment

For some reason, it was harder to put this list together this year. As I am finishing it up, I am realizing that I was …

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 …

Spring Into Action!

admin March 28, 2017cooperative play, endurance, executive functioning, fine motor, gross motor, motor planning, obstacle course, organizational skills, scavenger hunt, social skills, strength Leave a Comment

Here on the east coast, there are little glimmers of hope that Spring is actually on its way. Between the rainy days, there is warmer …

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 …

Let’s Get Social

admin November 19, 2016attention, cooperative play, feelings, fine motor, games, klutz, matching, moon picnic, puzzles, social emotional, social skills, visual skills Leave a Comment

Social Emotional ToysIn the last couple of years, I have become more and more interested in finding products that help with social emotional learning. I’ve …

Snow Day!

admin January 22, 2016baking, board games, cooking, cooperative play, crafts, cutting, fine motor, games, handwriting, indoors, outdoors, snow day, social skills Leave a Comment

With the anticipation of the impending snow this weekend, I thought I would focus today’s post on both outdoor and indoor activities you can do …

Genius…Super Genius!

admin January 11, 2016blue orange, cooperative play, executive functioning, games, graphomotor, grasping, reading skills, social skill, speech and language, visual skills Leave a Comment

My daughter is in the process of learning how to read. She’s on the verge but for whatever reason, is resisting and has hit a …

Let’s Play(dough)!

admin September 16, 2015bilateral coordination, cooperative play, eye hand coordination, fine motor, manipulation skills, national playdough day, playdough, preschool, school age, social skills, strengthening Leave a Comment

Did you know that today is National Playdough Day? Either did I but know that I do, I am going to do some really fun …

If We Could Turn Back Time…and Just Play

admin September 8, 2015cooperative play, fine motor, games, iPad, maileg, play, preschooler, school age, social skills, visual motor, visual perceptual skills Leave a Comment

In the last few months, I have been reading up a lot on play and how research is finding how important it is to social …

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 …

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