Occupational Therapy Fun for Kids

Making Paper Snowflakes  This fun activity works on many skills needed for school success. Cutting with scissors works on the separation of the two sides of the hand and strengthens pencil holding fingers. Folding the paper also works on finger strength. Visual Perceptual skills are  practiced by folding, drawing and cutting on the lines. Here is a good tutorial in case you forgot how to make them! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeR5p8OocUE

Ed Emberely drawing books are lots of fun. Your child might enjoy having one of their own along with a pad of paper and some colored pencils. Ed Emberley breaks pictures down into step by step directions and combining simple shapes.

Writing Wizard is an app for practicing printing and cursive writing. You can also make your own word lists. Practice spelling by adding in your child's spelling words. 

Summer Flowers I hope you all had a wonderful summer. Here is a clip of my summer garden. I find working and being in the garden relaxing. Kids can have fun there too. Digging in the dirt, discriminating between weeds and the plants you want to keep, watering and harvesting all help to develop skills needed for classroom success. 

 How Does Your Engine Run is a program that teaches children about when their engine could be running High, Medium or Low. Click on the arrow below to learn more.

Here are some tools that students learn  how to use  so they can change their engine speed. In school engines are best tuned to medium. At bedtime low is the best speed for falling asleep.

                                                                                                                                                  Your child can learn lots of life skills by making paper airplanes! Following step by step directions teaches sequencing. Folding the paper can improve fine motor skills and visual perception. Throwing the plane and watching where it goes works on eye hand coordination Here are some links about making paper airplanes.                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv1nECoQLw4 http://www.foldnfly.com/#/1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2

Click on the image above to go to this website. There are cyberchase adventures about math. Also there is an activities link with lot of hands on math related fun! Learn how to make icecream, a paper airplane, a mobius strip! Enjoy!