Friday, January 29, 2016

Home Made Tactile Play

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Kids love commercial moon sand- or kinetic sand, or cra-z-sand, depending on the brand you buy (and it can be expensive).  You can bury t...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

DIY Tactile Board

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Some textures on my board: a piece of plastic notebook cover, fuzzy fabric, burlap, foam piece, terry cloth, glitter foam, beads, fleece,...
Saturday, January 9, 2016

How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins

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I am a firm believer than having strong laterality skills significantly impacts motor skills.  Getting those 2 sides of the brain firing a...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

10,000 Visits! And Some Early Mental Health Warning Signs...

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Jocelyn Faith Thanks so much for all of the visits to my blog! 10,000+, wow!  I have not been updating much recently, as I lost my 18 ye...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Shoes That Accommodate AFOs

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An OT friend of mine brought this to my attention, so I thought I would pass it along.  So many parents have a hard time finding shoes to fi...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Bilateral Skills- Using 2 hands together

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Bilateral skills (using 2 hands together) develop early on- babies often hold something in each hand and bang them together in front o...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Why It Makes Sense to Learn Capital Letters FIRST~

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I didn't write this blog post, but I couldn't possibly say it any better than this post from 'Play to Learn Preschool" does...