by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Today, I will be blogging about the importance of incorporating motor skills into literacy centers for children. Common Core standards have increased the expectations we are placing on our little ones. As an Occupational Therapist, one of my concerns is that the...
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 | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Clapping Games are an Awesome Way to Work on Motor Skills Remember 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, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual 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....
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Sensory Processing
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,...
