Category: Occupational Therapy

~ Play Doh ~  Ideas to Foster Development of Fine Motor, Visual Motor, and Speech Skills!  Play-Doh is an easy toy with an endless number of possibilities to foster development of creativity, learning, play, motor skill, and speech development! Shape It! The ability to shape and re-shape Play-Doh makes it an ideal toy for learning colors, […]

~ Balance Disc/Wiggle Seat ~  4 Ways to Foster Development of Balance, Strength, and Attention!  This handy therapy tool goes by many names depending on your goal for how to use it! You may hear it called a balance disc, wiggle seat, or wobble cushion! You may see them used by all our therapists in […]

~ Peanut Ball ~  4 Ways to Foster Development of Strength, Coordination, and Balance!  Prone Walk Outs: Have your child get on their belly over the ball with their hands on the floor in front. Using their hands to ‘walk’ forward, encourage them to grab a toy or other object. You can have them alternate […]

~ Shape Sorter ~  Ways to Foster Development of Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy Goals! Requesting, Visual Scanning, Shape Discrimination, Hand-eye Coordination, and Multi-Tasking Address speech goals! Name the shapes Requesting stating “more” for short phrases or “I want more/the circle/square please” for longer phrases/requests. Counting the number of shapes Following instructions to get a […]

~ Twister~ 3 ways to Foster Development of Motor Planning, Body Awareness, Strength and Coordination We all know the classic game that makes you move like a pretzel! This game is a fantastic tool for teaching color identification, right/left discrimination, motor planning, body and spatial awareness, and working on strength all while having a fun […]

  What do our Pediatric Occupational Therapists do? Occupational therapists are professionals who help in day-to-day activities and to develop, maintain, and improve skills needed for daily living. Pedaitric physical therapists are experts in helping children achieve fine motor, sensory, play, self-care, and social-emotional skills through play-based skilled occupational therapy treatment. “Occupation” is not typically […]