From the beginning stages of a baby learning to pick up a piece of puffed cereal and feed itself, to an older child cutting vegetables to help prepare food, there are a variety of fine motor skills that are used and needed during meal times. In fact, self feeding is a great way to work[Read More]
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Ez Pz Bowl
When working with kids on feeding skills, one challenge is keeping the bowl from sliding around. When I saw this ezpz bowl, I saw that it would be a perfect solution to the problem of bowls moving around too much. It really stays in place very well.
Delicious Strawberry Play Dough
When working with kids who have food aversions, I like to do some fun activities with food that provide some of the sensory experience of food, but in a fun atmosphere without the required eating of the food. I want the fun item to be edible though in case we can get some tasting of[Read More]
Rubbery Marshmallow Play Dough
I have joined some other bloggers to share recipes and posts about sensory dough called the Twelve Months of Sensory Dough, and this month’s play dough is snow dough. When I think of snow, I think of white, and since marshmallow fluff worked so well in the sweet potato play dough, then I thought I[Read More]
Picky Eating and Transitioning to New Foods
In Occupational Therapy, we work with eating, and often work with kids that don’t like to eat food. Sometimes the problem is due to muscle difficulties, but every once in a while, I see a client who does not have the underlying muscle weakness, and they have the oral sensory defensiveness to tastes and textures[Read More]