We’re back with Part 2 of our therapist recommended toys for gifts and why they are recommending them! For those of you that missed Part 1 check it out! Yoga Spinner – This is another game that is fairly new to our clinic but it has been pretty popular! As many of you know, we […]
Halloween Spider Web
In the spirit of Halloween we decided to revisit one of our previous activities that we have written about before. We laid down a tape spider web using floor tape and we are leaving it out all month! The great thing is that we can vary the way that we use it. Here are a few […]
How to Make a Tennis Ball Monster
What you need: A tennis ball, scissors or knife, marker, small manipulatives such as paperclips, pennies, beads, pom poms, etc. Steps: A whole or slit needs to be cut across the ball first for the mouth. The adult should do this possibly before beginning the activity with the child. This can be difficult to do […]
Making Use of the Junk Drawer
Wait don’t throw that away! Our junk drawers can hold some quick and easy fine motor and visual activities for our kids. Let’s get creative with what we unknowingly have in our possession already. Here are some great ideas and activities to do with 3 things that may be in a junk drawer: Rubber band: […]
The Un-Block
When we went to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) conference this year we saw this great toy that one of the vendors was selling. It’s called the Un-Block. I of course had to get it because I love any type of building toy and thought it looked like such a novel idea. (Since I’m […]
Duct Tape Tote and Wallet
As you can tell by reading my posts this week my nephew and I hung out over the weekend. Well, my mom had bought various colors and patterns of Duct Tape and we decided to get crafty making a gift for his mom and one for himself as well! We followed directions from these blogs […]
Magnetic Toy Imaginary Play
I have always wanted to play with Magna-Tiles especially when I have read about them in blog posts or heard parents talking about them. I decided to buy a set and had my nephew help me check them out. He of course was excited (and he’s almost 9) because he had played with them before. […]
Lego Fun and Pretend Play
(This was not the original set-up I wasn’t proactive enough to photo that so I had to pull out some of the toys and arrange them on the carpet) I was reading this blog post by ‘Dirt and Boogers’ and it reminded me of playing with my nephew just the other day. We weren’t playing […]
Organizing Crafts for Use in OT
So I just wanted to take a moment to brag and show off the project our most recent OT student did. She created a binder of crafts that can be used in OT sessions with instructions and a sample of each craft. She also labeled each one for what skills the craft […]