Winter can be a challenging time for teachers and occupational therapists. Cold weather and shorter days often lead to restless students, indoor recess and low
Summer is the perfect time to blend fun and learning, especially for occupational therapy sessions. Engaging students in meaningful activities that enhance their fine motor skills, handwriting, and overall development can make a significant difference. This blog post will explore a variety of summer occupational therapy activities and crafts, featuring my free Summer Writing & Math Center Activities – Occupational Therapy Worksheets.
Each holiday season is a busy time for everyone, but it’s also a great time to work on building skills with your students. This free Roll a Bunny activity is an engaging way to help kids practice their visual perceptual and fine motor skills, all while having some Easter holiday fun! Great for early finishers, math centers, occupational therapy activities, and more
This Roll a Leprechaun is an engaging way to help kids practice their visual perceptual and fine motor skills, all while having some St. Patrick’s Day holiday fun!
Are your students struggling in the classroom? Are they having difficulty drawing recognizable pictures in their writing journals? Do they need help with number identification?
Difficulty processing visual information and poor visual-motor coordination skills can lead to problems with reading, spelling, handwriting, drawing, math, and comprehension.
Are your students struggling in the classroom? Are they having difficulty drawing recognizable pictures in their writing journals? Difficulty processing visual information and poor visual-motor coordination skills can lead to problems with reading, spelling, handwriting, drawing, math, and comprehension. Use fun visual perception drawing activities to help your students improve their drawing and planning skills.
Are you looking for inexpensive ideas for visual discrimination and fine motor practice? Use buttons! Sort them by color, by shape, or another attribute. Great activity for a classroom fine motor station, visual perceptual center or as an occupational therapy session warm-up.
If you are looking for a fun way to work on executive function planning skills, consider drawing. Students must picture what the end result of any task will look like before they can plan where to start. This ability is difficult for many children. They need models and assistance to improve the ability to picture what something will look like when it is all done, plan what they need, gather materials, initiate, and work through the task to completion. Whether it be a clean room, a simple craft, a drawing an essay, or a project, they need to start with the end in mind.
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