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As April unfolds, it’s the perfect time to infuse classrooms and therapy sessions with activities that inspire growth and creativity. For elementary students, occupational therapy activities and crafts offer more than just fun; they provide invaluable opportunities to develop essential skills like fine motor coordination, visual perception, gross motor skills, and social-emotional learning. Let’s explore some activities for April that incorporate work on developmental skills.

It starts with you! Picture your happy place. Take deep breaths. Go for a walk. Have a cup of tea. Sit in a rocking chair. How do you regulate your emotions and find calm?
Everyone is talking about the social emotional wellbeing of our students, but at school it starts with the adults. We as caregivers need to be able to regulate our own emotions to effectively help others manage theirs. This is known as co-regulation.

Do you need ways to keep your students engaged and working on academic skills this holiday season? Check out my activities and worksheets for December. Plus a Christmas freebie. These resources include differentiated, worksheets & activities which incorporate math, literacy, writing, handwriting, social-emotional learning, fine motor, and visual perceptual skills. These activities are great for writing centers, math stations, early finishers, occupational therapy sessions, emergency sub plans, and more.

As you start back to school think about ways you can incorporate upper body strengthening and gross motor movement into your student’s day. Frequent motor breaks will help improve on-task behavior and increased upper body strength can help improve keyboarding speeds and handwriting & letter legibility. Here are a few ways you can help your students increase upper extremity strength and stability needed for fine motor tasks.

Check out these ideas for Easter. Included in this post are ideas for gross motor, fine motor, sensory, & visual perceptual activities. The activities & printables selected will help with motor development & skill acquisition. They can be sent home for distance learning or kept at school for centers, rotations, occupational therapy sessions, or early finishers.