Progress always makes me SMILE!

 

Always a Place for FUN in Therapy

 

Dominoes and Fine Motor Precision

Lining dominos up requires fine motor precision. It also takes eye-hand coordination and visual perceptual skills to properly get the dominos lined up. The fun part is knocking them over.

Playing with dominos is an excellent way to improve a child’s…

 

⇨ Eye-hand coordination

⇨ Fine motor 

⇨ Visual perceptual 

⇨ Crossing midline 

⇨ Upper extremity coordination 

⇨ Fine motor precision

SUMMER is HERE!!!

Summer is HERE!!!! LET'S CELEBRATE!!!

 

Benefits of floor writing

Writing while lying on the floor has many benefits to help improve your child’s handwriting.  This position improves shoulder stability, wrist extension, and forearm placement. Additionally, it may improve your child’s ability to focus by changing their positions.

Black History Month

 

V a l e n t i n e Day & word spacing

Pipe cleaners, tiny pom-poms, and finger spacers were all used to 

aid my students to correctly spacing their words.

 

Pencil Grip Training

This past summer has provided a perfect opportunity to teach pencil grip now that therapy sessions are back in person. During our session, my student worked on fine motor strengthening activities, placing pegs in modeling clay. Then he completed visual motor activities (connect the dot and mazes) using a silicone pencil grip and Handiwriter handwriting tool. Finally, practice without the grip. 
#Ready For School

Tiffany's Tip: Wrist Positioning

Holding your wrist in a slightly extended position pulls the tendons that connect the wrist to the fingers. Therefore, an extended wrist position 

can also move the fingers easier, resulting in better finger control for handwriting.

Try these tips to improve wrist extension when holding a writing utensil…

⇨ rest hand on paper while writing on an easel
⇨ tape mazes and connect the dots activities to refrigerator door to complete
⇨ complete color pattern sheets while lying on the floor prop up on forearms
⇨ wheelbarrow walking, donkey kicks, crab walking
⇨ practicing writing patterns on a vertical surface

⇨ completing written task on a slant board  

April is OT month