[Source: Minds in Bloom] The last few weeks of school are a great time to do some of the those fun enrichment activities that you may have had to put off in order to fit in all that is required. Make some…...
[Source: The OT Toolbox] School-based OTs are often-times looking for occupational therapy activities for the end of the school year. Here, you’ll find fun occupational therapy interventions for the end of the year! We all need a little boost at the end…...
[Source: Real Life at Home] Summer time offers up so many patriotic holidays, such as Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. Of course, as I’m concerned, there’s no time of year that isn’t perfect for a patriotic spirit! That’s why I am…...
Who is planning ahead and looking for some fun patriotic activities to do with your kiddos to celebrate the 4th of July? The board is loaded with fine motor crafts, word work, handwriting and tracing cards, patterning & sequencing activities, healthy treats…...
[Source: Medical X-Press] Language acquisition is a complex process that requires different neural and cognitive skills since early childhood. One of children’s big challenges in language learning is to distinguish the words that are grammatically linked to each other, even though they…...
[Source: Edutopia] Third- and fourth-grade teacher Fiona Medley, at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School (PETES), in Gatineau, Quebec, has a great brain break that brings her learners back to attention when they get restless—she writes action words on Popsicle sticks and draws…...
[Source: AJC.com] Lakeya McNeal hasn’t yet taken her son Austin on an airline flight, even though she and her husband travel frequently and the 4-year-old boy loves airplanes. “We don’t really take him because of his temperament,” she said. Austin was diagnosed…...
[Source: Mashable; Image Credit: Apple] Apple is previewing a number of new accessibility tools and features ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference which is scheduled for June. The company wouldn’t say when, exactly, the new tools will become available beyond saying it’ll…...
[Source: Medical X-Press; Image Credit Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain] The make-up and volume of gut bacteria in toddlers at 3.5 years old is predictive of body mass index (BMI) at age 5, irrespective of whether they are born prematurely or not, according to…...
[Source: Medical X-Press; Image Credit Pixabay/CCo Public Domain] A new study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers and others finds that an autism screening tool used widely in the U.S. and around the world is effective but has limitations. The findings highlight…...