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2022 Holiday Gift Guide-Small Gifts and Stocking Stuffers

admin November 22, 20222022 Gift Guide, alphabet, arts & crafts, attention, boogie board, boredom, bracelets, building toys, christmas, color recognition, coloring, make learning fun, manipulation skills, number identification, occupational therapy, on the go fun, ooly, open ended play, pincer grasp, play, play skills, Posts, preschool, pretend play, prewriting skills, problem solving, rainy day activities, school age, sensory play, small gifts, sorting, stickers, stocking stuffers, strengthening, toddlers, toys, tracing, travel, visual attention, visual perceptual skills, visual scanning, visual skills, visual tracking, wikki stix, writing instruments Leave a Comment

This is one of my favorite gift guides to put together each year and often encourage parents to look back at it when they are …

2020 Gift Guide-Stocking Stuffers and the Small Stuff!

admin November 30, 2020creativity, fine motor, gift guide, kindness, mindfulness, play, preschool, school age, stocking stuffers, visual skills Leave a Comment

This part of my gift guide is one of my favorite to put together year after year. I try and add as many new items …

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 …

Hatch N’ Some Fun!

admin August 3, 2016attention, bilateral coordination, executive functioning, eye hand coordination, fine motor, focus, graphomotor, handwriting, organizational skills, play, problem solving, toys Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since I have blogged about a toy. I’ve been trying to recyle and re-discover some of my old stuff that has …

Let’s Play Princess Dress-up

admin March 4, 2016attention, bilateral coordination, executive functioning, eye hand coordination, fine motor, focus, hasbro, language, organization, play, social skills Leave a Comment

Almost two years, I wrote a post about the Disney Magiclip Dolls that had become a favorite of mine at home and at work. All …

Gifts for The Tough to Please….Tweens!

admin November 25, 2015arts and crafts, coloring books, executive functioning, fine motor, games, holiday list, photography, play, social skill, subscriptions, tweens, visual skills Leave a Comment

If you have taken a look at my 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, you will know that I put a whole lot of time and heart …

Let’s Build These Cars and Take Them For a Test Drive

admin October 16, 2015attention, bilateral coordination, executive functioning, fine motor, Legos, play, preschooler, school age, social skills, toys, visual skills Leave a Comment

As the holiday season approaches, I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for hot toys and games to add to this year’s gift guide. Parent are …

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 …

Let’s Get the Doodling Started

admin March 23, 2013app, doodlecast, drawing, graphomotor, handwriting, imagination, iPad, play, preschooler, school age, social skills, visual motor, visual perceptual, zinc roe 1 Comment

Until I began working with kids what seems like a lifetime ago, I didn’t realize that not being able to draw was something so many …

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