Have you noticed that a lot of students with autism hold their pencil with 4 fingers wrapped up the barrel of the pencil, and their thumb is pressed straight into the pencil. This grasp is not just specific to students with Autism, as the kids who use it generally have weak fingers. The reason that[Read More]
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Life changes and needs change. I am planning on selling less physical products in the store due to the time requirement of prepping and shipping and my wish to have my weekends back for doing fun family things. Good news for you is that for two weeks I will have a big sale to reduce[Read More]
Movement and Learning Go Together
Movement is the basis of learning from the time we are born. A baby has an internal drive to work against gravity to get their body up and moving, and in doing the physical movement work, the baby is learning about the environment, how things feel, how far to reach to touch a toy, how[Read More]
Clay Writing Board
Have you ever wanted to add resistance for strengthening the writing muscles of the hands? Writing in clay is a perfect way to do this. This week we made letters out of clay/playdoh, and had the kids write letters on a clay tracing board. I used a little chalkboard that I got from oriental trading[Read More]
I love creating
I never knew how much I would love creating activities until I started doing it many years ago. I know that there are lots of therapists that ake their own forms and activities, and they share the in facebook groups and on teachers pay teachers. A couple of years ago, I worked on creating a[Read More]