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Why You Should Teach Your Child Clapping Games
Clapping Games are an Awesome Way to Work on Motor SkillsRemember all the clapping games you used to play when you were little? Nowadays, kids have a hard time playing with nothing. Meaning, if they don't have a toy or an iPhone to keep them occupied, they don't...
Middle School and Handwriting: How to Help Your Child Improve Their Legibility After Elementary School – Part 1
Middle School ANd Handwriting—Part 1 of 2 So many parents lose hope for improving their child's handwriting after elementary school. It definitely can seem hopeless at times. How do you change a habit that has been developed over so many years? There's always the old...
Is my child Righty or Lefty? How to tell…
Did you know that in addition to having a dominant hand, you also have a dominant leg and a dominant eye? As toddlers learn how to use their arms and hands to pick things up, they start to develop a preferred hand. Usually, a child has chosen their dominant hand by...
Shoulder Stability: A Necessity for Good Fine Motor Skills!
Shoulder stability provides an important foundation for fine motor skills! It’s really the first thing I look at as an OT when a teacher asks me to “screen” a child for OT difficulties. Shoulder stability should be established by the time a child starts kindergarten....
Positioning, Motor Skills & Table Manners – What’s the Connection?
Do Motor Skills and Positioning impact Table Manners? Absolutely! Many children have a little difficulty with "table etiquette." Every family is different, and different cultures have different expectations of how a child should behave at the table. But, putting all...
Book Review- Books To Read To Your Sensory Kid…
I am very excited to share that I have decided to add a "book review" category to my blog because I totally love books, AND I think that everyone else should, too! I will periodically be adding book reviews to my blog for either your kids/and or you. They will...