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Pediatric Therapy Corner: Collect and Sort the Parts of Trees

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Inspiration Laboratories] I first shared this post 5 years ago when Aiden was almost 3. We celebrated the start of the new season with a blog hop. After a great leaf collecting trip, we had some fun sorting leaves and seeds.…...

Ping Pong Ball Match

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Newsletter, OT, Visual Discrimination

Here is one I absolutely love! I stumbled on it on Pinterest. It was originally posted to a blog called the OTs Bag. It’s a visual discrimination/following directions activity called “Ping Pong Ball Match.” Unfortunately the blog doesn’t exist…...

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] Squeezing and placing clothespins is a great way to strengthen the small muscles in the thumb, index, and middle finger and improve eye hand coordination, which are both important for handwriting and scissor skills. I like to…...

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] My class is learning about gardens right now and this week we are focusing on seeds and how they grow into plants. This seed sorting activity tray will be used during free choice and I will be…...

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Thank you to NEPA Special Needs Networking for sharing this post so we could share it with you! This activity originally appeared on Learning 4 Kids.net, a cool Australian learning site. [Source: Learning 4 Kids] Making learning your colours…...

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flash Cards] Getting kids to learn after school can be hard. Bribery, delayed rewards even punishment seems futile because we want them to WANT to learn. Making it a game or using some novel tools for learning are…...

April 25, 2023

28 April 2023, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Hands on As We Grow] Winter is a great time to make some delicious overnight oats or create a fun edible indoor sandbox. But now you’re stuck with all those empty oatmeal containers! Put those empty boxes to good use with a…...

April 24, 2023

28 April 2023, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the severe versus milder ends of the spectrum. Researchers…...

April 24, 2023

28 April 2023, Language Development, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical X-Press] Children learn to understand language and to speak largely independently of cognitive functions like spatial awareness, working (short-term) memory and perception (interpreting and organizing sensory impressions), according to established theory and tradition within linguistics. Professor Mila Vulchanova heads NTNU’s…...

April 24, 2023

29 April 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] A new study published in Diabetologia finds that individuals who experienced childhood adversity are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) in early adulthood. The research was conducted by Assistant Professor Leonie K. Elsenburg and colleagues at the Section…...