This post may contain affiliate links.I like valentines day activities because they lend themselves well to coloring, writing, painting, cutting, and gluing. My favorites are the heart butterflie...
This post may contain affiliate links.As the weather is cold, what better animal to work on buttoning than a penguin. I made this cute little felt penguin to have the kids practice their buttonin...
This post may contain affiliate links.I found this cute game on Amazon and completely fell in love with it. The little worms are a rubbery texture and are different lengths. It is fairly easy to ...
This post may contain affiliate links.Christmas is rushing up to us, and all of the christmas activities lend themselves so perfectly to all of the therapy stuff. This time of year it is so easy ...
This post may contain affiliate links.Christmas is coming up fast. If you are looking for fine motor activities as Christmas presents then you can find them on sale at therapy fun store. Use code...
This post may contain affiliate links.I’ve discussed before how helpful it is to have kids hold a pom pom or toy in their palm while writing. It gets then to stabilize the pinky side of their h...
This post may contain affiliate links.We are into October and it is the time of year for fun fall and Halloween activities. I have quite a few that I love, and just added a button pumpkin onto my...
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This post may contain affiliate links.I found a new glue that is great for sticking pieces of laminated paper together. It’s called tack it and it is a great replacement for velcro. You brush...
This post may contain affiliate links.It is time to head back to school and I have been working on getting files organized and figuring out the best way to do notes and activities. I am starting ...
This post may contain affiliate links.When kids are learning to fasten zippers, they first learn to move the zipper back and forth on items such as a purse or little zippered bag, or the little p...
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This post may contain affiliate links.I have been on a button activity kick for the past couple of months, and I just made a cute sunflower and a little blue forget-me-not flower. The sunflower h...
This post may contain affiliate links.I love octopuses and think that they are really fascinating animals. Because of all of their many legs, they lend themselves well to being a buttoning activi...
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This post may contain affiliate links. I am in a bit of a button activity obsession right now, so sorry if that is all that I talk about. I have been using a button ice cream cone with kids to wo...
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This post may contain affiliate links.I have not made any button activities for almost a year, and as the school year winds down and I see a light at the end of the tunnel with the potential for ...
This post may contain affiliate links.I saw this game in a classroom and just had to get it to use with my kids. It is like operation in the sense that you have pieces, and if you get stuck a sou...
This post may contain affiliate links.Munchy Ball is the kids I work with and my favorite way to work on using two hands together. It is fun and simple, but can be made more complex by making a g...
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This post may contain affiliate links.I have wanted a mini Munchy Ball forever, but have not been able to find a smaller ball to make into a munchy ball (except for a mini dog tennis ball). In my...
This post may contain affiliate links.It is easy to get into a rut doing the same activities when doing therapy for a long time. One way to break out of the rut is by doing theme activities. I st...
https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/using-theme-activities-in-therapy/
This post may contain affiliate links.The primary areas OT is working on in Early Intervention is fine motor, some sensory, and feeding. These areas are hugely important for parents to follow thr...
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This post may contain affiliate links.When you think of painting, you don’t immediately jump to using it as a functional ADL skill, but it can be. In my painting activity, I used plastic bowls ...
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