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NEW! Issue Number 172: Teaching & Therapy Resources for the Classroom, Clinic and Carryover

July 26, 2023

"Tip or Resource", CCC, Newsletter

Please enjoy our newest issue of Teaching & Therapy Resources for the Classroom, Clinic and Carryover. (Have you missed any of our previous issues? Read them HERE) Please feel free to forward this weekly resource to the parents/guardians, other therapy clinicians…...

DIY Montessori Button Sorting Activity

July 26, 2023

28 July 2023, Fine Motor Skills, Language, OT, SLP

[Source: Reach for Montessori] Toddlers enjoy exploring new objects and sorting them into groups based on their features. Young children have a keen desire for order and sorting activities, just like this DIY Montessori button sorting activity, helps to satisfy that need. It also helps them better…...

July 26, 2023

[Source: YouTube; Astros of Mirimar] While Grandma takes her morning walk, Kelly reaches for Grandma’s button box. Crash! Buttons in every size, shape, and color fly everywhere! Will Kelly and her cousins have the buttons sorted and back in the button box…...

July 25, 2023

28 July 2023, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Fireflies and Mud Pies] In this post, learn how to make a super easy recycled CD and button turtle craft with kids. This simple and fun craft idea for kids includes a free printable turtle template and video tutorial, making it perfect for…...

July 25, 2023

Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Thank you to our dear friend (and former PediaStaff contractor!) Gretchen Rau for recommending this activity idea! This would be cute in festive colors for the holidays, too! [Source: Happy Hooligans] Make a simple button snake to help your child strengthen his…...

July 25, 2023

28 July 2023, Article, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents and guardians and would be an excellent share with your clients’s caregivers. [Source: Mama OT] It’s raining cats and dogs and you’re rushing to get the kids out the door. Your 8-year-old throws on…...

Teaching to Close Small Buttons

July 25, 2023

28 July 2023, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Recycling OT] I have been teaching several children and adults to close large buttons using large button squares. These are simply 2 pieces of fabric -one with a button sewn on it and the other with a slit to button onto…...

Button Fine Motor Projects/Activities

July 25, 2023

"Tip or Resource", 28 July 2023, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter

Special Thanks to Your Therapy Source for this Week’s Therapy Activity. If you need to work on fine motor, visual motor or button practice why not try some of these activity ideas?...

July 25, 2023

28 July 2023, Fragile X, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily; Image Credit: CDC] Boosting the activity of inhibitory interneurons in Fragile X mice reduced their hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli, according to a new Neuron study led by UCLA Health researchers. Fragile X Syndrome, which is caused by a mutation…...

July 25, 2023

28 July 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily; Image Credit freepic.diller via Freepik.com] When infants watch a live performance of a baby opera, their heart rates synchronized and they were significantly more engaged than babies who watched a recording of the same show — even though the…...