by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Seasonal
What to get your O.T. Kid for the holidays…. Printable list included Do you feel like your child has everything? Not sure what to get but hoping to get something that will help them learn and progress with their skills? Here are some ideas for each...
by Miss Jaime | Dollar Deals, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Seasonal, Sensory Processing
The “little” holiday gifts are sometimes the hardest to think of… Opening my stocking on Christmas morning was one of my favorite parts of the holiday. My mom always stuffed my stocking with little nail polishes, socks, and other tiny fun things, all...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills, Seasonal
Holiday cookies are often the symbolic start of the holiday season… When I was little the night that we made Christmas cookies was one of my favorite nights in the holiday season. Even today, my brothers and sister, and I crack up at certain songs or memories...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
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...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
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...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
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...
