pieces – Occupational Therapist Jillian

Check out our roundup of the best fingerprint and thumbprint crafts. These art pieces make great gifts! They are also perfect for kids of all ages. It’s time to get creative!

September 26, 2022 - by

Check out our roundup of the best fingerprint and thumbprint crafts. These art pieces make great gifts! They are also perfect for kids of all ages. It's time to get …

Fine Motor

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a powerful fine motor activity for kids to develop hand strength, pinch, and endurance in the hands. Love the heart activity, but extend it to all year. Perfect for Valentine’s Day busy bag ideas if you need to occupy the kids and build fine motor development.

February 7, 2021 - by

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a …

Fine Motor

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a powerful fine motor activity for kids to develop hand strength, pinch, and endurance in the hands. Love the heart activity, but extend it to all year. Perfect for Valentine’s Day busy bag ideas if you need to occupy the kids and build fine motor development.

February 6, 2021 - by

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a …

Fine Motor

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a powerful fine motor activity for kids to develop hand strength, pinch, and endurance in the hands. Love the heart activity, but extend it to all year. Perfect for Valentine’s Day busy bag ideas if you need to occupy the kids and build fine motor development.

February 6, 2021 - by

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a …

Fine Motor

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a powerful fine motor activity for kids to develop hand strength, pinch, and endurance in the hands. Love the heart activity, but extend it to all year. Perfect for Valentine’s Day busy bag ideas if you need to occupy the kids and build fine motor development.

February 6, 2021 - by

This fine motor activity uses a cookie cutter and beads, but you could use just a cookie cutter and pieces of paper that are crumbled into small balls. What a …

Visual Motor Perception

Visual discrimination is a visual perceptual skill. Visual perceptual skills make up an important component of visual motor skills. For children, these abilities are necessary for so many things…from self-care to fine motor skills, to gross motor skills…all parts of a child’s development require visual perception. There are many pieces to the giant term of “visual perception”.

December 13, 2020 - by

Visual discrimination is a visual perceptual skill. Visual perceptual skills make up an important component of visual motor skills. For children, these abilities are necessary for so many things…from self-care …

Visual Motor Perception

Visual Spatial Relations is organizing the body in relation to objects or spatial awareness. This is an important part of handwriting. Spacing pieces of a puzzle amongst the others and writing in relation to the lines is one way to work on this skill.

December 10, 2020 - by

Visual Spatial Relations is organizing the body in relation to objects or spatial awareness. This is an important part of handwriting. Spacing pieces of a puzzle amongst the others and …

Sensory

I enjoy creating opportunities for small world play – especially outside where I try to incorporate them into the natural surroundings for children to investigate, explore and use in a way that makes sense to them. Often small worlds are created in tubs and on trays but this doesn’t always work as well in an outdoor environment – it can be easy to lose small pieces and I also prefer that the children are able to freely explore and use some of the natural treasures and materials found in their o

April 18, 2020 - by

I enjoy creating opportunities for small world play – especially outside where I try to incorporate them into the natural surroundings for children to investigate, explore and use in a …

Gross Motor Activities

Challenge fine motor and memory skills with this Superhero Match Up freebie from the Superhero packet. Print and laminate the page. Using thumb, index and middle finger create small balls of clay. Flatten each ball between thumb and index finger. Place clay over each circle. Player one removes two pieces of clay. If it is a …

November 6, 2019 - by

Challenge fine motor and memory skills with this Superhero Match Up freebie from the Superhero packet. Print and laminate the page. Using thumb, index and middle finger create small balls …