Brain breaks between learning tasks are a useful tool in the classroom as well as at home. Students need mental breaks to help their brains shift focus for a short time. A short, pre-planned break will reduce stress, improve focus to help children return motivated and ready to learn.
Are you looking for a great fine motor and visual perceptual activity for your occupational therapy small groups, classroom centers or busy bags? Try sorting and not just the colored bears! With a little work, you can find items for a different sorting activity to do each week of the year.
Do you need Valentine’s Day ideas for your classroom or therapy sessions? When planning I include options for gross motor, sensory, fine motor, visual perception, writing/keyboarding, craft and a game.
Looking for ideas for a Groundhog Day theme, I have you covered. I love having activities and printables for a different theme each week. I can work on the OT goals of my students that have a variety of skills and developmental levels.
I love having activities and printables for a different theme each week. I can work on the OT goals of my students who a variety of skills and developmental levels. Activities and worksheets to work on sensory, social-emotional, visual perception, fine motor, and gross motor skills are included for each theme.
If you are like me, you don’t have a lot of time to plan. Over the past 20 years, I have been collecting ideas for self-regulation, emotions, visual perception, gross motor, fine motor… and I want to share them with you.
Think Multi-Sensory! How many senses can you use to learn letters, numbers, or words? There are 100s of ways for kids to learn their letters without picking up a pencil. Here are 10 I did with my daughter and use often in occupational therapy sessions.
I travel to multiple schools and see anywhere from 50- 80 students per week. My caseload is varied, and I love to use games to work on foundation skills such as visual perception, eye tracking, bilateral coordination, left/right discrimination, in-hand manipulation, turn-taking, handwriting, and executive function skills.
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