by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Babys and Toddlers, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills, Seasonal, Sensory Processing, Technology & Apps, Vision
Get a hand-picked list of the best educational, developmental toys from an OT. Have you ever wished for a personal shopping assistant? Download the list of my favorite developmental toys with hyperlinks to purchase them, and see if that’s almost as helpful as a...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
For an OT in the school system, pencil grasp can be a big focus for our students. Knowing how to encourage proper pencil grasp is helpful for all of our young students. A tripod grasp is functional and it helps with a reduction of pain and hand fatigue. Many teachers...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Pushing kids into writing before they are developmentally ready happens to be one of my pet peeves. (I actually have quite a few of them, you can read all about them here.) Experience has shown me is that children should NOT be pushed into handwriting before...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
I’ve been a HUGE organization kick lately. Every month or so I need to clean out my therapy bag. Inevitably, I find things out of order, things I need to change or replace, and things that are missing pieces, etc. I once posted a pic of the crazy amount of stuff...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
What is in-hand manipulation, anyway? In-hand manipulation is the ability to manipulate objects in the fingers and hand or adjust an object within the hand after grasping it. There are three types of in-hand manipulation: 1) Translation – the ability to move an...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
“How am I supposed to teach him to tie his shoes?” The Occupational Therapy student’s cheeks were pink. A concerned look creased her face. Self-doubt was creeping in. I understood. Sometimes you get a child on your caseload that seems to have a lot...
