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Child Development

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Independent vs Alone

February 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Independent vs Alone

Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Occuplaytional Therapist takes a funny image/meme/tweet and way overthinks it…” I’m always dependable for that 😉 First of all, this is absolutely true. Second of all, it’s for […]

At Home

Learning to Argue

February 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Learning to Argue

A story of mediating conflict between young siblings, rather than solving it for them. My then-2yo “Summer” was lying on the ground in the middle of the living room floor, playing with toys underneath her […]

Activities

First, Core & Upper Arm Strength

January 26, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on First, Core & Upper Arm Strength

Before a child is ever able to write, and before they learn to control the small muscles of their hands, they need to have full-body strength. This comes mainly in the form of strength in […]

At School

“Should” Be Able To

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Should” Be Able To

I walk into the classroom and sit down beside the child who’s on my caseload. She has OT services “push-in”, meaning that I don’t pull her out to my therapy room, but just go see […]

At School

“Make” Them Write

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Make” Them Write

I said this a few days ago as part of a larger post, and I liked it so much I decided it needed its own post. 😉 Some kids are interested in “writing” when they’re […]

At Home

Choices Are Hard

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Choices Are Hard

It’s “trendy” to offer your kid choices. 😉 It’s one of the easy, catchy, go-to parenting “tips and tricks” that I guarantee you’d see on almost any advice article, book, or even just talking to […]

At School

Love & Worksheets

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Love & Worksheets

This made me laugh out loud. When kids love something, they’ll explore it in every facet of their play if you don’t get in their way! You don’t have to turn it into worksheets. (Yes, […]

Child Development

Stupid & Dangerous

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Stupid & Dangerous

When I originally saw this posted on Flourishing Homes & Families, not with the original caption, but in the original comments, a lot of people seemed (to me) to have missed the point. They took […]

Child Development

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

January 5, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

Young children repeat the same thing over and over and over (like the same joke, the same observation, reading the same book, playing the same game…) because they are strengthening the connections in their brain […]

Child Development

Sibling “Teaching”

December 29, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sibling “Teaching”

While going through old posts, I found a great exchange in the comments that now I’m turning into its own post… Q: It’s important to me as a parent to let my child play freely […]

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