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Hunter-Gatherer Childhoods May Offer Clues to Improving Education and Wellbeing in Developed Countries

March 8, 2023

10 March 2023, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education…...

March 8, 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…...

Fruit Loop Rainbow Craft Ideas

March 7, 2023

10 March 2023, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: The OT Toolbox] It’s that time of year, when kids are making Fruit Loop rainbow craft time! Yes, you heard it right, Fruit Loop Rainbow Crafts! With spring slowly moving near, it’s time to transition to rainbow-themed crafts for your toolkit. Whether you are wanting to make rainbows for…...

St. Patrick’s Day Lacing Cards

March 7, 2023

10 March 2023, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Red Ted Art] With St Patrick’s Day coming soon, we have a cute little St Patrick’s Day activity for preschoolers – some adorable DIY St Patrick’s Day Lacing Cards! You can choose from our full colour set or our colouring page set! 4 designs…...

Leprechaun Handprint

March 7, 2023

"Tip or Resource", 10 March 2023, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The Best Ideas for Kids] This leprechaun handprint card is such a fun craft for St Patrick’s Day! And if you love handprint crafts this is the perfect one to make to celebrate St Patrick’s Day! Kids will love making their own leprechaun.…...

Book of the Week: Green Shamrocks

March 7, 2023

10 March 2023, Book, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Pre-Kpages.com] Green Shamrocks by Eve Bunting is the story of a rabbit who plants shamrock seeds in hopes of having enough to create a necklace to wear to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. He plants them, waters them and then waits. One…...

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Craftivity

March 7, 2023

"Tip or Resource", 10 March 2023, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: We love this fine motor craft which involves threading beads, fine motor manipulation of pipe cleaners, and hand strengthening (squeezing glitter glue) [Source: Carrots are Orange] I received this great package of craft supplies from Craft Project Ideas filled with…...

March 7, 2023

10 March 2023, ABA, Article, BCBA

[Source: Richmond.com] Seventeen-year-old Orion Martin climbed into the driver’s seat of the driving simulator in a classroom at The Faison Center — a nonprofit education and treatment center near Willow Lawn that serves individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorder and…...

March 7, 2023

10 March 2023, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Spectrum News] Except for her family and closest friends, no one in Jennifer’s various circles knows that she is on the spectrum. Jennifer was not diagnosed with autism until she was 45 — and then only because she wanted confirmation of…...

Sticky Note Collage

March 6, 2023

10 March 2023, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Brick by Brick] Making a collage is a standard type of activity in preschool and kindergarten rooms. Assembling a lot of different materials to create a larger visual item is a time-honored art form. In fact it is so familiar that…...