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Thanksgiving Fine Motor Fun Free Printable Mini Pack

November 3, 2020

6 November 2020, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Are you looking for some FREE Thanksgiving fine motor fun? This free printable mini pack includes 2 different Flip and Fill fine motor games with a Thanksgiving theme. You can download it at the bottom of the post…...

November 3, 2020

6 November 2020, Newsletter, OT, SPD

[Source: Pre-K Pages.com] Play dough is always popular with my children. They love molding their play dough into all sorts of things. They also enjoy using extra props and materials in their creations. For this activity we used popcorn kernels, green play…...

November 2, 2020

6 November 2020, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Hands On As We Grow] Get ready for Thanksgiving with super fun turkey crafts for kids! Which cute gobbler will you make first? I’m not sure where this entire fall went, but it’s already November! And that means Christmas is way too close already! Since…...

November 2, 2020

6 November 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] hope everyone has had a great October so far! We are just finishing our first quarter of school, leaves are changing, and there is a chill in the air at night. I’m thinking ahead now to my favorite…...

30+ Best Podcasts for Kids 2020

November 2, 2020

6 November 2020, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Carrots are Orange] We’ve always been a huge fan of audiobooks and podcasts. A great way to spend family time and to get a little learning into the day (for all of us). Over the years, podcasts became a fundamental part…...

Fall Landscape Collage Craft

November 2, 2020

6 November 2020, Fall, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Tinker Lab] Autumn has arrived and we’re dreaming in reds, oranges, yellows, and browns. Help your child get into the spirit of the season with this simple open-ended collage activity and fall collage landscape craft for kids. What I like about…...

ADHD and Fine Motor Skills

November 2, 2020

6 November 2020, Fine Motor Skills, News, Newsletter

[Your Therapy Source] Did you know that ADHD affects approximately 3% – 7% of school-aged children worldwide? The symptoms of ADHD may include severe inattention, impulsiveness and overactivity and many children also display poor motor coordination. Pervious research indicates motor problems in children…...

November 2, 2020

6 November 2020, News, Rare Diseases and Disorders

[Source: Medical X-Press] Connor Dobbyn is an energetic and loving 12-year-old, but he’s fading away every second. Connor has Sanfilippo syndrome, a genetic brain disorder in children that experts compare to Alzheimer’s disease. The boy already has lost some of what he’s…...

October 28, 2020

30 October 2020, Newsletter, OT, Sensory, SPD

[Source: My Aspergers Child] “Why is my autistic (high functioning) son so sooo sensitive to certain clothing? He refuses to wear jeans and doesn’t like certain shoes and socks. I’ve made the mistake of forcing him to wear some of these things…...

Fybogel Googly Eye Slime

October 28, 2020

30 October 2020, Fine Motor Skills, Halloween, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: If you aren’t up for the slime, this activity would work very well with Playdoh!! [Source: Adventures and Play/Adventures of Adam] It has been some time since we last created Fybogel slime. To date we have made Christmas Fybogel and Alphabet Fybogel Slime both of…...