Recently one of our OT’s added velcro strips to oversize blocks for one of the kiddos she was working with. I thought it was such a great idea that I asked her about it and here is the information I got from her! The velcro blocks are great for working with kids on: Visual Motor/Eye-Hand […]
My Favorite Cross Disciplinary Toy
My favorite shape sorter by far is the Parents brand animal sound shape sorter. This link currently says out of stock but I have seen it come and go and it tends to be really popular so they usually bring it back again. The reason I love it so much is that I get to […]
Making a Torn Paper Owl – ‘Whooo’ Can Benefit
The newest pinterest project used in OT around here was making an owl out of torn paper. It was posted from this blog that has a ton of crafts on it. After completing the project, the feedback our OT gave on its benefits is below: the cutting provides scissor skills practice as well as practice […]
Using Apps in PT
Okay, I’ll admit, I have app envy for the OT’s and SLP’s that have these great apps that they can use for their therapy sessions. I keep checking out all the apps that I see recommended to see if I can figure out how to modify them for use in PT. So […]
Marble Painting – More Than Just a Cool Piece of Art
Ever since I discovered Pinterest I have been bombarding my OT’s at work with ideas that look really fun and purposeful. The idea I was the most excited about was the marble painting from Play Based Learning, so when one of the OT’s decided to try out this activity for a kiddo to encourage bilateral […]
Kids Games: More New Twists on Old Favorites
After the completion of our first group class I shared some of our ideas in ‘Kids Games: New Twists on Old Favorites‘. Well, we’ve now started another group class with a focus on sports, ball play, gross motor skills and social interaction. Since we have a bit more diversity of abilities in this group so […]
Rainy Day PT
With the rainy season beginning to hit us I was inspired to pull out my kid persona and go play in the rain (or the puddles)! You’d be amazed at how motivated kids get to go in a puddle. As long as the parents are okay with us going outside and we have the proper […]
Animal Book: Borrowing from OT and Converting to PT!
One of our OT’s adapted this animal book into an OT activity for her kids. She took the book and photocopied and laminated each page and then added velcro to them so they would match up. Just to warn you it makes the book much harder to close once all of the pictures […]
Relay Race Fun
Relay races or even just relays are really fun ideas that can work on gross and fine motor skills as well as teamwork, cooperation and social skills. All this while the kids are active and playing! Depending on the skill level of the kids involved you may need to modify these but they can be […]