Sensory Processing and Scissor Skills – A Surprising Link
(This post contains Affiliate links) ‘Cutting’ is a highly complex activity (occupation). Being competent and confident grasping and manipulating scissors relies on many underlying skills, including...
View ArticleThe Case for More Play in the School Setting
PLAY AND LEARNING The depth and breadth of learning within play is unmatched when compared to children’s other activities of daily living. In play, the learning is intrinsically motivated, connections...
View ArticleScreen-Free Quiet Time when Daytime Naps are History
The story is familiar to parents, carers and educators of young children everywhere: A couple of daytime naps merge into one. Then that one nap becomes shorter, later in the day, and harder to settle...
View ArticleMealtime Skills, Rituals & Play – Nurturing a Love for Food
Occupational therapists are well aware that meal times are more than just eating for the sake of nutritional intake. They can be a positive opportunity for bonding with family and friends, connecting,...
View ArticleKinder ‘Sign-In’ Ideas to Support Handwriting Development
(This post contains Affiliate links) This is a post about kinder and pre-school aged children being offered the opportunity or even being expected to ‘sign in’ on arrival. Some children are ready and...
View ArticleClothing Fasteners and Fine Motor Skill Development
Independent dressing, and managing all the tricky fasteners in particular, call on so many fine motor skills; each of them an important milestone in its own right! Buttons, Snaps, Shoelaces Waistband...
View ArticleMaintaining a Play Filled Routine Through the School Term
(This post contains Affiliate links.) Just because holidays are over and it’s time to go back to school, it doesn’t have to mean that play is ‘out’ and work is ‘in’. In fact, as childrens’ days return...
View ArticleWays to Reflect on OT Clinical Practice
(This post contains affiliate links) Paediatric occupational therapists work so hard to maintain their skills and provide the best services to the children and families with whom they work. Kids Play...
View ArticleHandwriting FAQs
(This post contains affiliate links) Supporting children with their handwriting is one of the most common reasons for referral to paediatric occupational therapy! This is unsurprising when we remember...
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