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Stick People Story Telling

September 15, 2014 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents Leave a Comment

I’m happy to bring you a guest post from a great Occupational Therapist, Cindy, who blogs at Your Kids OT. Today, she is going to share an adorable & simple activity that can help build fine motor & speech & language skills.  Puppets are a wonderful way to foster your child’s imagination. Puppets encourage storytelling, communication, social […]

It’s Never Too Early to Think About Handwriting {Part Two}

August 13, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Developmental Milestones, Fine Motor Activities, Guest Post Leave a Comment

Last week, Katherine shared with us the “Four Basics for Handwriting Success” and today shares some great activities to help meet those basics! Enjoy! ~Katie ******************************* And now for some activities that will help your child to develop these important skills.  What I find wondrous about children’s play activities is that each one can be […]

It’s Never Too Early to Think About Handwriting! {Part One}

August 6, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Developmental Milestones, Fine Motor Activities, Guest Post 3 Comments

Today I really excited to have Katherine Collmer, pediatric Occupational Therapist and handwriting expert here to share some FANTASTIC information about handwriting! She shared so much in fact, that we made it into two posts! Be sure to check back next Monday for Part two. I am particularly interested in this topic as my own […]

4th of July Crafts

July 3, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Crafts for Kids, Fine Motor Activities 1 Comment

It’s the first official Activity Tuesday! With the 4th of July coming up TOMORROW..I have a couple 4th of July crafts to share with you, thanks to Pinterest 😉 So, if you are looking for some last minute craft ideas to do with the kids for the 4th, you are in the right place! I […]

Buckaroo-Great for Reinforcement, Language, and Articulation

June 12, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Toys and Language Learning 2 Comments

I’ve written many posts about the different toys and games that I recommend for both parents and SLPs to use to work on speech and language skills both in therapy sessions and in the home. One of the games that I have gotten a TON of use out over the years is Buckaroo. That is, […]

Bunnies in the Grass Game

March 19, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Games, Therapy Ideas and Activities 5 Comments

One of the first years I was working I bought the game Ants in the Pants. My three year olds had a hard time with it but some of my four year olds and older students really loved trying to get the ants in the pants! A couple weeks ago I was wondering through the […]

Fine Motor Monday

January 30, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Crafts for Kids, Fine Motor Activities, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 6 Comments

It’s been a few weeks since I posted about what we have been doing around here for fine motor practice. We haven’t done nearly as much as I had wanted to or that I had planned…I need about 5 extra hours a day! HA! If you are new, one reason we do so much fine […]

Freebie Friday! Chinese Zodiac Clothespin Activity

January 19, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Freebie Friday, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 16 Comments

This week, we have been reading three books focusing on Chinese New Year and Chinese Culture. Why? Because Monday is CHINESE NEW YEAR! And, in case you didn’t know, my husband is {half} Chinese, and I really would like our children to grow up knowing about their different heritages. (In case you were wondering, I […]

Fine Motor Monday

January 9, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Juvenile Arthritis 4 Comments

Well, we had a BUSY week and weekend! Saturday was Ev’s first birthday party! It was a blast! Stop by tomorrow…I’m going to post all about it! It’s Fine Motor Monday, and I have a few activities to share! In case you are a new reader, my daughter suffers from Juvenile Arthritis, which has caused […]

Freebie Friday! Christmas Clothespin Wheels

December 15, 2011 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Freebie Friday, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 10 Comments

This week, I was perusing the internet in search of some new and fun fine motor activities to do with my daughter when I found this cool clothespin activity at Preschool Printables..and another one at Story Time Standouts and then I found these ADORABLE clothespin reindeer on 2 Teaching Mommies…so I decided to combine the three […]

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