by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Seasonal
No one has to convince school-based OTPs that fingerprint and thumbprint crafts are excellent activities that support many important skills in school-based settings. These activities develop: Fine motor skills – Pressing fingers with controlled pressure and...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Grip/Grasp, Seasonal
1. Make a simple gift! Use fine motor skills with simple gifts kids can make using simple items such as stringing beads onto a pipe cleaner to create a bracelet. 2. Reduce • Reuse • Recycle! Teach your kids to recycle gift boxes, bags, tissue paper. ...
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 | Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills, Seasonal
FREEBIE: 5-PAGE HOLIDAY-THEMED VISUAL PERCEPTUAL ACTIVITY PACKET FREE FOR SUBSCRIBERS! Don’t you just love the holidays? I do. Especially at school with the kids. There are so many fun things going on: concerts, holiday boutiques, holiday parties, Secret...
by Miss Jaime | Other, Seasonal
The holidays are here! Think of all the parties, the presents, the… stress! Teachers are going nuts trying to get report cards done and review for tests in the middle of half days, plays, and holiday concerts. Parents are going crazy arranging childcare for the week...