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OT Corner: Building with Toothpicks and Gumdrops

February 24, 2021

26 February 2011, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Therapy Fun Zone] I saw this on a preschool activity site, and saw a lot of therapy potential in it. You can have a client build their own designs and structures, or you could have them copy a design that you…...

February 24, 2021

26 February 2021, Autism, Dyspraxia, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: My Aspergers Child] Most children with Asperger’s (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA) have a history of delayed acquisition of motor skills (e.g., handwriting, pedaling a bike, tying shoelaces, catching a ball, opening jars, climbing monkey-bars, etc.), which is called “motor clumsiness.”…...

February 23, 2021

21 February 2021, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Thank You, School Psyched, Your School Psychologist for sharing this article with us [Source: Great Schools] I never thought I’d be the kind of mom who forces her kid to apologize. And then the hitting started. When he was around…...

Penguin Water Bottle Craft

February 23, 2021

26 February 2021, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Hugely popular with our Instagram followers. How adorable is this? Fine motor grasping, cutting and gluing. For speech, every successful production gets a cotton ball!! Seen on Pinterest. Pinned on our Winter board on Pinterest. Original post is gone but it…...

February 23, 2021

26 February 2021, Emergency Newsletter, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pre-K Pages] When it comes to doing a dinosaur theme in preschool, you just have to expect some extra excitement. You can channel that excitement and turn it into a fun movement activity with this printable that promotes taking turns, movement, and developing…...

February 23, 2021

26 February 2021, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Stay At Home Educator] I LOVE sorting activities to reinforce letter identification and sounds. Such activities have been wildly successful with my preschoolers in reviewing those important beginning reading skills. Sometimes, though, it is appropriate to bring out something completely new,…...

February 23, 2021

18 December 2020, Newsletter, OT

[Original posted on PediaStaff Blog in February 2012] I found this activity on the Pinterest by Tot School Tumblr, and seems to have originated on The Clark Family blog, although I cannot find the original post. From Tot School Tumblr: I made this really cool…...

February 23, 2021

11 September 2020, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Rainbow time is coming! Thank you to NEPA Special Needs Networking for sharing this post so we could share it with you! This activity originally appeared on Learning 4 Kids.net, a cool Australian learning site. [Source: Learning 4 Kids] Making…...

February 23, 2021

26 February 2021, Conversation, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: We love these. I am sure Christie wrote these with moody pre-teens in mind, but I think they are great for kids of all ages! [Source: Childhood 101] When she was younger our 10-year-old was a chatterbox, eager to share…...

February 23, 2021

21 February 2021, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Doyle Speech Works] It’s March already! Wow! I have been on winter break this past week enjoying balmy temperatures when suddenly the temperature dropped to 5 degree! It’s hard to imagine it will ever be warm, but imagine I will. As…...