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Simple Mazes

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist 0

I offer a fine motor area as one of the stations in my therapy gym, in the form of a whiteboard with something casually drawn on it that the kids can interact with or not. […]

Activities

Ultra-Washable Paint

March 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Ultra-Washable Paint

Ultra-washable paint: 50% washable tempera paint 50% dish soap or bubble bath or old shampoo that you have left over after switching brands That’s it. Mix those two together. It will create an extremely washable […]

Activities

Painting with Brushes

March 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Painting with Brushes

When I introduced watercolors to my children for the first time (back when they were 3 and 2), I thought that the concept of dipping the paintbrush in the paint, wetting the paint, cleaning the […]

Activities

Time Travel

February 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Time Travel

I have this one kid I work with who is an utter delight to witness inventing things. It’s a talent, seriously. Whereas I often work with kids who don’t necessarily know how to direct play […]

Activities

Low Table Prompts

February 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Low Table Prompts

[Image description: A picture of a table that is low to the ground, only about 1 foot high. On top of it are Plus Plus blocks, separated into piles according to color. Taped to the […]

At School

Occupationally Meaningful

January 29, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Occupationally Meaningful

When I get a kid on my caseload who has been forced, from too early, to trace and write — for whom it is HARD to trace and write, who quickly learns to HATE tracing […]

At Home

Teaching Play

December 29, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Teaching Play

Once you’ve “taught” them how to use something (even accidentally), I notice these things happen: -they start to believe there is a “right” way to play with the toy -they fall into a pattern of […]

At Home

At, Above, Below

October 20, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on At, Above, Below

Kids need room to play, unimpeded and unhelped, on materials that are at their level and above their level and below their level of ability to climb and interact with. They interact with things at […]

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