Keeping The Fun In Function
I was picking up some sidewalk chalk at the store the other day and just happened to look at this little Connect Four Fun On the Run Game. It is connect 4, which is already a great fine motor game as I discussed in another post, but this new one is smaller, with smaller pieces… [Continue Reading]
I have been seeing kids this summer for an early intervention program, and have been playing with sidewalk chalk and water. Some younger kids will have trouble with squirt guns, so we are going to try a regular spray bottle. I broke all of the brand spankin’ new sidewalk chalk into smaller pieces. There was… [Continue Reading]
I am working on doing a feeding group and integrating some simple food play/cooking/interaction. With the population that I am working with, there will not be a lot of full blown cooking involved, but we will have fun with food. We will play with messy food, and make things out of food materials. In my… [Continue Reading]
I found an awesome blog post about how important it is to get messy when playing. A child’s body learns from the whole experience of being tactile and feeling their environment and the experience that what they are working with gets all over them. As a parent, you have to remember how important it is,… [Continue Reading]
I work with a child that needs to improve her fine motor skills, but she puts everything in her mouth. She enjoys the marble run, but I am nervous about using it with her. I decided to try stringing cheerios as a good edible fine motor activity. My client is not ready to string the… [Continue Reading]
I have an interest in inventing, which is a long, unrelated story, but it brought me to this new fine motor activity. I was web surfing at a mom inventing website where I am a member, and I ran across another member who has this fun product that works on fine motor skills. The activity… [Continue Reading]
I have been an Occupational Therapist since 1991. I started out doing skilled nursing for 6 months, then moved on to pediatrics. In pediatrics I have worked in a clinic setting, inpatient rehab and acute, ICU, early intervention, and school district. My goal with this website is that I can help stimulate creativity and information sharing. As a therapist, I am always creating new things to use in therapy or adapting things. I love sharing my projects and solutions. I started this … [Read More...]
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