This week, we're closing out the first month of our "back to nOrMaL" learning - phew! Whether your student is participating virtually or in-person, your students may be getting restless with all of the time spent on their behinds so let's talk sensory breaks...again!

Visual skills are SO important for a kiddo's development and participation in daily activities. When we talk about visual skills, we can talk about both motor and perceptual. Today, we'll talk about motor, or oculomotor. These are skills that come from the tiny muscles that surround the eyeball, allowing it to move in various ways. I will make a...

Do you have a kiddo who constantly has his or her hands all over things and/or people? He or she may be a tactile sensory seeker. Tactile sensory seekers crave touch information from the environment at a higher rate than others in order to meet his or her body's sensory needs.

Today's DIY therapy activity takes less than 3 minutes to put together (no joke!) and addresses fine motor coordination, tripod grasp development, pincer grasp development, bilateral coordination, visual motor integration, and intrinsic hand & finger strengthening! These skills are all crucial prerequisites for functional tasks, such as holding a...

Have you ever found a food that you loved SO much you ended up eating it day after day for an extended period of time? I know I have! In the world of feeding, this is referred to as food jagging! And it's not just you who experiences it. Our picky eaters and problem feeders experience food jags too, and...

I don't know about you, but these days, I'm lucky if if I know what day of the week it is. I purposely leave things I know I'll need throughout the day in various rooms around the house so that my body is forced to get up and move to go get them throughout my day working from home. I'm...

How many of you prefer things that look pretty, cool, unique, aesthetic, etc.? I'm sure I'm not the only one raising my hand. Some of our kiddos are no different! Today's tip is simple but effective - it's all about the presentation!

Does your child struggle to use or maintain an age-appropriate functional grasp on his or her pencil? If your kiddo was receiving OT prior to the #quarantinelife, this might have been one of the things he or she was working on.

This week's way to wind down is all about yoga!

Today's tip is simple but effective - allow your kiddo(s) to help you in the kitchen!

I think we can all agree on the fact we need some stress relief in our lives right now...and so do our kiddos!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend, stayed safe, and was able to enjoy the little bit of sunshine we had here in Michigan.

If you read my previous "Fun with food Friday", you'll know that children learn through PLAY and that mealtimes are no different!

From start to finish, this activity took less than 10 minutes to put together and is made entirely of household items! The finished product, despite not looking particularly aesthetic, incorporates several great developmental skills, such as: visual scanning, visual perception, visual motor integration, fine motor coordination, pincer/tripod grasp...

Heavy work is any activity that pushes or pulls against the body, engaging the muscles and joints. You can do heavy work in a variety of ways - pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, etc.!

Did you know that OTs love to incorporate games into our treatment?