by hellokaren | Jan 16, 2015 | Occupational Therapy
I dislike how softer fabrics get pinched marks in their clothes if left on a hook. I drape my sweaters over instead, but it takes up a lot of space. I realized that my little pediatric “tennis ball head” for kids, with the slit in it for a mouth, could...
by hellokaren | Aug 11, 2014 | Occupational Therapy
Quick, Easy, Creative OT. Use rubber bands to work on visual-motor skills! This can be fun and imaginative and a great idea when your options are limited. You can have the child “create” something such as the dog paw seen above on the right, or you can...
by hellokaren | Feb 10, 2014 | Occupational Therapy
The “love potato” is an awesomely “delightfully awkward” Valentine’s Day Craft that kids and parents alike think is hysterical and definitely unique. The front of the card is a potato with googley eyes all over it, and inside it...
by hellokaren | Jan 2, 2014 | Occupational Therapy
ACTIVITY 1. Take dinosaur post-it or other random animal paper. Child cuts across animal. 2. Child is veterinarian and fixes animal. (Skim over the fact we were directly responsible for its hurt, cough). 3. Give child a band-aid. 4. Child puts animal pieces...
