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Occupational Therapy Spring Crafts: Enhancing Fine Motor & Visual Perceptual Skills with Fun Activities

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Discover time-saving and engaging resources for your classroom or therapy sessions in this curated collection! If you’re pressed for planning time, worry not – I’ve spent the last two decades amassing ideas for self-regulation, social-emotional learning, visual perception, gross motor, fine motor, and more. Now, I’m excited to share these valuable resources with you.

Dive into a treasure trove of printables, activities, and crafts tailor-made for your Spring classroom or therapy themes. Whether you’re an educator or a therapist, these resources are crafted to seamlessly integrate into your sessions, saving you precious planning time.

Explore the effectiveness of emotion Bingo games in reinforcing social-emotional skills, or engage your students with roll and write activities that combine emotion review with a valuable writing component. These activities aren’t just engaging – they serve as an excellent adjunct to any self-regulation, behavior, or social-emotional learning curriculum, including popular ones like How Does Your Engine Run™, PBIS™, SEL™, and Zones of Regulation™. Elevate your teaching or therapeutic approach with these fun and effective ways to review and master crucial material.

Unlock the door to efficient planning and impactful sessions – join me on this journey of resource-sharing and empowerment!

I always include fine motor options like stringing beads, sticker sorts, and sorting.

A few spring crafts for this year include…

Check out the variety of resources in my store. You will also find a free Spring count the room resource in my Free Resource Library.

free spring count the room occupational therapy or number writing math activity
Count the Room Freebie in My Free Resource Library

Here are some more ideas for visual perception, writing, and brain breaks. The Skill building bundle is growing and may be complete when you read this post.

Join me in unlocking the potential of efficient planning and transformative sessions – let’s make this Spring a season of growth and enrichment together!

About the Author

I am a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) and have been working in a public school system for more than 25 years. My resources can be found on TPTBOOM LearningMade by TeachersClassful, and Your Therapy Source. I appreciate your interest wherever you wish to shop.

My mission is to help you find creative ideas to incorporate fine motor, visual perceptiongross motor, and social-emotional learning into your lessons.

I hope you consider signing up for my Free Resource Library with your Email. I send out emails about once a week and share resources, tips, and planning ideas for your classroom or occupational therapy needs. Hopefully, these help your students work on building their skills in a fun and engaging way.

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