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Free occupational therapy resources for parents
101 Fine Motor Activities | FREE Printable List
This list of 101 Fine Motor Activities for Home and School is perfect for parents and teachers of preschoolers, Pre-K students, or kindergartners. This list includes lots of ideas for inexpensive, fun, engaging activities to strengthen students' hand strength, improve dexterity, and develop pre-writing skills.Looking for fine motor activities for the whole year? Check out my FINE MOTOR CENTERS bundle and save more than 50% off the individual monthly packet prices!
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PreK - 1st
Color Flashcards for Special Education | Autism Visuals
Colors communication cards for Speech Therapy and Special Education. The colors included are: white, black, gray/grey, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, brown.There are 11 cards that will help students with autism and special needs learn the colors. The page must be printed, laminated and cut out. You`ll get 2 sets of cards - one icluding picture names in border bottom and the second one including them in border top. Related Products⭐ Color Clip Cards for Special Education⭐ Colorin
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PreK - 1st
Personal Space Social Story
Enjoy this social story all about how to respect others' personal space. It discusses how being too close to others can make them feel uncomfortable and ends with alternative ways we can receive this type of input. Personalize the book as needed (age, gender, race, content, etc.) and feel free to make this a craft activity to have the children cut, assembly, and bind the book together!
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Not Grade Specific
Emotional Regulation and Feelings Visual: FREE
Are you looking for a way to help your client or child with emotional regulation? Are you working on expressing feelings? Children as young as 2 have found success using this interactive visual board.Facilitate emotional, sensory regulation and expressing feelings for younger students or non-verbal students by assembling this visual feelings boards. It offers simplified visual expression of common feelings This file is an independent product and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized
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Also included in: Sensory Strategies Starter Kit
Hole Punch Letter Recognition
Yes, I know I am "CRAZY FOR 2ND" but I needed this for a student in a pinch for my 5 year old who is going into kindergarten! He has loved the daily letter practice. He thinks he so cool using the hole puncher too. ENJOY!
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Pocket Schedule | Visual Schedule for Autism & Special Education
This pocket visual schedule is a great visual support tool for helping children to adults navigate their day.In the classroom, we have a large full-day schedule. But when you're on the go, you do need an individual, portable visual schedule for the student to easily reference and manipulate. Having a visual schedule like this can help with individuals who need less steps presented to them at a time. A full day may not be appropriate for them, in that it is overwhelming, and they may prefer a hal
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K - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Visual Schedule at Home BUNDLE | Autism & Special Education
FREEBIE- Feeding Therapy Tips for Parents Handout
This is the first page of my Pediatric Feeding Therapy Activities + Positive Behavior Reinforcement at Home From picky eaters to toddlers with sensory processing issues, these strategies and tips will help set your SLP and OT clients up for success by giving their parents the at-home support they need! This resource includes detailed guidelines, step-by-step strategies, and fun activities that will empower parents to incorporate feeding therapy approaches with their toddlers or older children.MO
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Washing Dishes Visual Schedule
This is a one page visual for steps to clearing a table and washing dishes. The full page can be used during education or can be cut into strips, laminated and placed next to the sink to help follow visuals for washing dishes.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Pete The Cat Lost his Buttons
Help Pete the cat get all of his buttons back with this fun game that your young students will love!!! Add it to the book "Pete the Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons" To give this game an Reading twist that your young minds will read and play in love with!Print, color, laminate, and play! Playing games in the classroom increases overall motivation. By playing games, students become more motivated to learn, pay attention and participate in set tasks. Games help students to become a part of a team
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PreK - 5th
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Zones Self regulation fortune teller SEL
The regulation fortune teller is an empathy and emotional Intelligence chatterbox (fortune teller) game for children that can be used for social-emotional learning in the classroom and in the school counselling office. It is designed within the Zones, SEL, Self regulation area of development for the purpose of identifying and discussing the way we feel, and the way others might feel.
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PreK - 2nd
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All Inclusive Sexual Education: Anatomy, Puberty, Sex, Dating, Consent, and More
This is an all-inclusive sexual health education packet that reviews major concepts in simplified ways. The material is presented in many ways, and there are many supplemental materials such as quizzes, social stories, and printables to support the material taught! Topics include anatomy, puberty, dating, menstrual phases/cycle, types of menstrual products, birth control, birth control options, STDs, sex, masturbation, consent, dating and what healthy relationships look like, pregnancy, and so m
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Not Grade Specific
Comprehensive Visual Schedules: Templates, PECs, and pre-made schedules!
This is a FREE comprehensive visual schedule creator! Included templates and images: Hand washing, going to the bathroom, dressing, brushing teeth, morning routines, after-school routines, and bedtime routines! I have created one pre-made schedule for each topic as well that is labeled, and ready to be printed off as is!I tried to include within reason as many customizations I could think of from feeding with a G-tube to dressing and putting on a prosthetic. While I know it's not exhaustive, I d
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15 Lolly Stick shapes & Pattern cards - Occupational Therapy, SEND, Autism
15 Lolly Stick Shapes and Pattern Cards and 3 Sorting MatsArrange lolly sticks into the shapes and patterns on the cards.Sort lolly sticks into matching colours on the mats.Works on: Visual Discrimination, Visual Motor & Fine Motor Skills, Focus and Attention to support academic performance.Resources You Need: Coloured Lolly sticks (available on Amazon and crafty shops).Use this activity 1:1 or with a small group of students. This is also a great activity to do via Teletherapy. I use this re
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Toilet Training/Potty Training Visual Sequence Chart - Boys
A visual sequence chart taped on the bathroom wall near the toilet is perfect for the child to learn the visual steps of the toileting process.
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PreK - 12th
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Halloween Directed Drawing Occupational Therapy for In-Person or Teletherapy
In this FREE resource, there are 4 Halloween themed directed draws:1- Draw a Spider2- Draw Candy3- Draw a Cauldron4- Draw a Jack-o'-LanternEach of these drawings are based on starting with a single large circle. I recommend that in doing these drawings, you incorporate working on bilateral integration . . . How can you do that? Look around for a circle shape. At school you can use any circular shape such as a pencil holder/canister. If you are doing teletherapy, have the child use a can. Now, pl
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PreK - 1st
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Visual Schedule: Putting on Deodorant (Special Education/ Autism)
Teach your students to put on deodorant (spray and roll on) with these simple visual schedules. A visual schedule will allow your student to clearly see the steps involved in putting on deodorant, allowing them to be more independent with their personal hygiene. Great for students with autism and other developmental disabilities. Two versions included. The first version is for roll on deodorant and the second is for spray deodorant. Girl and boy versions included. Created using Smarty Symbols. T
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Also included in: Personal Hygiene Visual Schedules (Autism) BUNDLE
Crossing Midline Handout
Do you find yourself constantly explaining the importance of crossing midline to other educators or parents? Use this FREE, handy visual information sheet for parents or teachers to educate about the what/why/how of crossing midline and its importance for sensory motor development. Included: 2 page handout with summarized information on crossing midline and some ideas on how to implement it. ____________________________________________________________Click HERE to leave a review after purchase.
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Staff
Goldilocks and the three bears preschool lesson plans FREEBIE
This lesson plan includes two distance learning activities per day that work on language, fine motor, and gross motor skills. Each activity can be done with items around your house. Also included is a page of extra activities if your student needs more activities to challenge them. Lesson plan is one week long. I use these lesson plans to support distance learning for my developmental preschool classroom, but they are appropriate for any play-based learning for children age 1-6. If you would lik
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PreK - K
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Correct Pencil Grip
A downloadable fact sheet with large illustrations and helpful tips of good pencil grip for left and right hand students.This is the perfect document for those children who are having issues with writing, a correct pencil grip will assist students.What makes pencil grip easier?• Big pieces of paper.• Big crayons, brushes and markers (larger tools ensure children use the right muscles and hand and finger position for the activity and are less likely to adopt incorrect grasps to control the tool).
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PreK - 5th
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Play with 36 Lego Challenges! FREE Printable.
The Lego Challenge was designed to encourage kids to use their imagination in play with Lego. This product includes 36 Lego Challenges that can be played at home or in a therapy setting. Play with friends or family. Add a timer to make things more interesting!
For more information about the original YKOT Lego Challenge refer to these blog articles - http://www.yourkidsot.com/blog/category/lego-challengee27c5a2753
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PreK - 6th
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Early Intervention Toy Recommendations
Need a go-to resource to email to parents when they ask "what toys do you recommend for us to have at home?" ... HERE IT IS!This list included 66 linked items to make it quick and easy to shop for the listed recommended toys! There are NO affiliate links in this product, I do not make commission from these links. (Affiliate links are only found in my instagram bio, but NOT used in this product)Use for yourself to build your toy libraryUse for parents to help them know what toys to buy for their
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Not Grade Specific
Summer Fun Count and Clip Number Cards
Summer Fun Counting Number Clip Cards are a fabulous way to reinforce your child's counting skills while targeting fine motor skills and new vocabulary as well. They focus on the numbers 1 through 20. They are great for Preschool, Kindergarten, homeschools or special education classrooms.
Simply print out the cards, laminate if you want them to last and provide clothespins or another marker (bingo markers, dot markers, other small trinkets to mark the number).
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PreK - 1st
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Physical/Occupational Therapy Core Strength Home Exercise Handout - Animal Walks
Handout for physical or occupational therapists to send home with children for carryover. Highlights 8 basic animal walks with description that parents can use to encourage children to work on core strength, balance, motor planning and coordination at home. Easy to print, formatted as a single page handout with black and white images. Great for children to practice over breaks in service, or for children who may not qualify for services but could benefit from an increase in gross motor activity.
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Not Grade Specific
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Home Pretend Play Visual Schedules (Autism) FREE
This product is a 5 page free sample of my pretend play visual schedules. It provides 2 and 3 step sequences (Plus one 5 step) for common pretend play toys. You will require toy sets to use this product. To purchase the full version of this product click here!Choose the sequence with the appropriate amount of steps for the ability level of your student. Learning to engage in pretend play is an important skill that students with autism commonly struggle with. Using visuals such as these can assis
Grades:
PreK - K
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