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...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
The other day I did an autumn arts and crafts project with all of the students on my caseload. Every. Single. One. Kindergartners as well as fourth graders. Very often we hear about the problem of a “cookie cutter therapist.” Meaning—a therapist that does...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills
This is a guest post about the benefits of play, written by Jenny Silverstone. 5 Extraordinary Benefits of Playtime Sticky sap on hands from climbing trees. Glitter going (and staying!) absolutely everywhere. Always, the sound of laughter. Playtime, in all of its...
