Category Archive

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 …

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For the Wee Ones!

admin November 26, 2016books, colors, core strength, eye hand coordination, fine motor, grasping, gross motor, infants, manipulation skills, oball, poke a dot, shapes, strengthening, teethers, toddlers, toys Leave a Comment

Baby and toddler toys are always the hardest for me to recommend.  Not because there aren’t a ton to choose from, but more that I …

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For The Budding Artist

admin November 22, 2016arts and crafts, bilateral coordination, coloring, confidence, creativity, fine motor, orb factory, pompoms, self esteem, social skills, STEM products, sticky mosaics, strengthening, visual skills Leave a Comment

One of my favorite things to recommend to families for gifts are arts and crafts kits or activity books. Not only are they great for …

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The Little Things….Stocking Stuffers and Other Little Gifts

admin November 21, 2016attention, bilateral coordination, creativity, executive functioning, eye hand coordination, fine motor, focus, games, graphomotor, grasping, sensory processing, strengthening Leave a Comment

Small Gifts/Stocking StuffersPeople are always on the lookout for small gifts or stocking stuffers that won’t clutter up your house. There are also a lot …

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Jump for Joy!

admin November 2, 2016balance, bilateral coordination, body awareness, coordination, endurance, exercise, fat brain toys, gross motor, modulation, motor planning, regulation, strengthening, trampoline Leave a Comment

As many of you have noticed, the holiday gift guides and catalogues are starting to clog up our inbox and mailbox.  For the most part, …

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Sometimes It’s Good To Manipulate

admin April 22, 2016bilateral coordination, confidence, creativity, eye hand coordination, fine motor, grasping, organization, planning, self esteem, social skill, strengthening, visual skills Leave a Comment

One of the most common goals I have to work on is improving hand strength with the kids I work with.  Decreased grasp strength leads …

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My Top 10 OT Tools

admin April 8, 2016cutting, discovery putty, eye hand coordination, fun and function, games, grasp, orb factory, scissors, sticky mosaics, strengthening, usborne, visual skills, zoom ball Leave a Comment

For those of you who aren’t occupational therapists, you may not realize that April is Occupational Therapy Month.  It began in 1980 and was scheduled …

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Stick It To Me!

admin January 12, 2016crossing midline, cutting, eye hand coordination, grasping, lee magic, orb factory, stickers, sticky mosaics, strengthening, visual skills, visual tracking, writing Leave a Comment

According to my friends at Red Tricycle today is National Sticker Day which I love to know.  I have always loved stickers.  As a matter …

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2015 Holiday Gift Guide

admin November 16, 2015bilateral coordination, educational insights, eye hand coordination, fine motor, holiday, janod, letter recognition, matching, shapes, social skill, strengthening, tiggly, visual attention, visual perceptual Leave a Comment

It honestly feels like it was just yesterday that I was putting together my 2014 Gift Guide.  This list is a labor of love but …

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More Than Meets The Eye

admin November 11, 2015bilateral coordination, educational insights, eye hand coordination, fine motor, janod, letter recognition, matching, shapes, strengthening, tiggly, visual attention, visual perceptual, visual perceptual skills Leave a Comment

In this portion of my 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, I focus on fun toys that work on building a variety of visual skills.  Visual skills, …

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