Fine motor skills include small muscle planning within the hands, fingers, and wrist. These movements are used for daily tasks such as zipping, tying shoes, holding a pencil, and cutting. Fine motor development starts in the shoulder and moves down to the wrist and...
Primitive Reflex Integration for Successful Learning and Development: Part 2 (Palmer Grasp Reflex) If your child presents with three or more of the following symptoms, make an appointment for occupational therapy evaluation. Difficulty with fine motor skills Sticks...
App of the Week: Ready to Print This app teaches visual perception and motor coordination of prewriting strokes that are a necessary foundation prior to learning to write ABCs and 123s in a developmentally sequential manner. Although this app is more pricey than...
Children are showing interest in drawing at a younger age today than children even 10 years ago. This piqued interest is attributed to many variables, some of which include companies developing toys that are introducing drawing to toddlers, educational video games,...
The Brush Up App can be found on Android and I-pad devices. This app is an interactive way for kids to watch, practice, and engage with teeth brushing. It allows your child to see the character brush all of his surfaces of his teeth while watching themselves attempt...
We use grasp patterns to pick up objects, to hold our silverware, to utilize objects, and to manipulate our writing utensils. Our grasp patterns develop with us when we are young generally progressing from a full hand grasp to independent use of our fingers and small...
Let’s keep it simple… Toys, Play, and Interaction are all essential components of child development. Toys promote critical thinking, creativity, emotional, social, sensory, fine motor, and gross motor skills. While technology has its place, especially where...
Click the link to reach this week's App of the Week: Brush Your Teeth with Funny Animals for Kids and Toddlers This is a fun app for your child to practice toothbrushing in a fun, play situation, but also incorporates the child in brushing their own teeth. First, you...
This week’s app of the week is recommended from our Occupational Therapy Team – The app is called: Finger Paint with Sounds, by Inclusive Technology Ltd. This is a great app for introducing the fun of finger painting to children that are not able to tolerate paint on...
