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Norman and Jules 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

admin November 18, 2020creativity, fine motor, gift guide2020, gross motor, imagination, land of dough, norman and jules, open ended play, preschool Leave a Comment

For those of you who know me, you know that I am passionate about supporting our local toy stores. For many of these stores, they …

Land Of Dough

admin March 19, 2020alphabet, bilateral coordination, cutting, fine motor, hand eye coordination, land of dough, manipulation skills, norman and jules, open ended play, preschool, school age, sensory play, social skills Leave a Comment

Seems like right now is a good time to start this blogging thing again and I couldn’t be more excited about partnering up with my …

The Best of January

admin January 24, 2019bilateral coordination, creativity, fine motor, grasping skills, hand eye coordination, imagination, norman and jules, ooly, open ended play, rose and rex, self esteem, social emotional learning, social skills Leave a Comment

It’s been a bit rough getting back into the swing of things at work. January is historically a tricky month because of all the paperwork …

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 …

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 …

Building Your Way To Fun

admin November 19, 2014b.toys, bilateral coordination, blocks, grasping, magnatiles, manipulation skills, norman and jules, ogosports, problem solving, social skills, squigz, strengthening, tegu Leave a Comment

Sneak peak #3 to his year’s holiday gift guide….building blocks and other manipulative toys. These toys might be my favorite to play with at work …

Tell Me a Story…with Dice!

admin October 3, 2014creativity, executive functioning, games, graphomotor, handwriting, imagination, norman and jules, social skills, wooden toys Leave a Comment

I am always looking for fun, motivating and interesting ways to work on handwriting with the school age kids I work with. For many of …

Kids Can Be Comics Too!

admin December 11, 2013comics, executive functioning, graphomotor, grasping, handwriting, microcosmic universe, norman and jules, organization, school age, social skills, strengthening Leave a Comment

Many of my blog posts are directed towards the preschoolers that I see. I can’t seem to stop myself when I see great toys for …

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 …