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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “school age”

All You Need Is Love

admin February 12, 2014bilateral coordination, crafts, cutting, fine motor, grasping, holiday, preschool, school age, sorting, valentines day, visual motor, visual perceptual, zoo sticks Leave a Comment

As a child, Valentine’s Day was just like any other day. As a family, we didn’t do much to celebrate the day. We would make …

The Doctor’s In The House

admin February 7, 2014apps, fine motor, grasping, iPad, pepi play, preschool, school age, social skills, speech therapy, visual motor, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

For those of you who follow my blog, you will know that finding a new app to use at work brings me a tremendous amount …

Let’s Wok and Roll!

admin January 31, 2014bilateral coordination, color recognition, crossing midline, fine motor, games, grasping, matching, preschool, school age, social skills, strengthening, toys, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

I am sure we all have games or toys in our collection that have been there forever. They are the ones that you aren’t sure …

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 …

These Blocks are Golden!

admin November 20, 2013bilateral coordination, building toys, confidence, construction, fine motor, Girls, goldie blox, preschool, school age, self esteem, social skills, spatial skills, visual motor Leave a Comment

I don’t really blog about things that I haven’t personally tried but with the holidays about a week away and people looking for gifts, I …

Ready…Set…Draw

admin November 5, 2013arts and crafts, attention, drawing, focus, grasp, motor planning, organization, peter pauper press, preschool, school age, visual motor, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

Sorry for the hiatus. Getting into the swing of things this school year has proven to be a bit tricky. Lots of new things going …

Un-bee-lievably Fun Word Game!

admin September 30, 2013blue orange, executive functioning, fine motor, games, group games, handwriting, organization, school age, speech therapy, visual motor Leave a Comment

Since most of the kids I work with are between the ages of 3 and 6, I tend to blog about items appropriate for that …

Pinch It To Believe How Great It Is

admin September 16, 2013apps, attention, eye hand coordination, fine motor, focus, iPad, motor planning, organization, pincer grasp, pinching, problem solving, school age, visual motor, visual tracking 1 Comment

When I think about how much has changed since I became an occupational therapist over ten years ago, I think about the iPad and how …

What’s in Your (OT) Closet??

admin August 27, 2013fine motor, games, grasping, handwriting, kumon, pencils, pincer grasp, preschool, school age, scissors, strengthening, toys, visual motor, workbooks 3 Comments

I may be in a bit of denial about summer ending and school beginning in the next couple of weeks. I love the quietness of …

Rainbow Brights!

admin August 14, 2013arts and crafts, bilateral coordination, fine motor, focus, friendship skills, grasping, modulation, organization, regulation, school age, social skills, visual motor 8 Comments

If you have a young girl or know any young girls (or young boys for that matter), I am pretty certain you have heard of …

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