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Bimanual Task Stencil Tracing on a Board

Activities, bimanual, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, Free Printable, Handwriting, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, Printable, Trunk strengthening

Getting both hands to work together can be fun, and if you add a vertical surface, then you are able to really get some good bimanual practice. A great way to work both hands is to trace around a stencil on a vertical chalk board or white board.…

Parenting Prep: How to Get Ready for a Baby When You're Living with a Disability

adult, Resources

We have a guest post today by Ashley Taylor from DisabledParents.org all about preparing for a child. Preparing for a new child comes with a lot of responsibilities and careful thought. There’s a lot to consider, from making changes…

A smaller munchy ball pet

Activities, bimanual, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, hand strengthening, in-hand manipulation, Motor Planning, OT, preschool

For some little hands, the Munchy Ball is a little too big, and a bit hard to squeeze but it works on so many great skills. I have searched for smaller balls to use, but have not had any success in finding ones that would work. When working…

Spacing Between Words

Activities, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, Handwriting, OT, visual perceptual

As part of writing legibility, second to recognizable letters, spacing between words is very important. If there is not a noticeable space between words that is double to triple the space between letters, then all of the words run together to…

Cute felt piggy bank with button slot and zipper

Activities, ADL, buttoning, child, dressing, elementary school age, felt, fine-motor, in-hand manipulation, Motor Planning, OT, visual perceptual

In my constant quest to find new and fun ways to work on fine motor skills, I made an adorable little piggy bank out of felt. He has a little slot to put money or buttons into with a zipper in the back to take the money out. The kids enjoy putting…

Writing Legibility

Activities, elementary school age, fine-motor, Handwriting, home program, OT, Printable

When working on writing with kids, Occupational Therapists are not handwriting teachers. We do not teach handwriting, and we don not practice handwriting. What we do is we use our specialized skills to figure out where the trouble is coming…

Current Monthly Specials

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October has so many special things going on such as Halloween, and awareness. A sensory month sale is in order to the end of the month. Get 15% off everything in the store. The sale will last until the end of October, so this is your chance…

Bouncy Ball Hand Skills

Activities, child, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, in-hand manipulation, Munchy Ball, OT, Product Review

Bouncy balls. Gotta love em. They come in all sizes, and as their name suggests, boy are they bouncy. They are very engaging to kids and they are fun in so many ways I love this activity because you can be so concrete with your directions.…