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OTA The Koomar Center

At OTA, we provide high-quality, personalized occupational therapy, speech therapy, and mental health services – rooted in research and compassion.

Our seasoned therapists offer support that helps people enrich and enhance their lives.

01/30/2026

Oral Motor Activity Highlight: Snowball Transfer! ❄

This activity is simple and easy to do as a quick cooldown or can be expanded in various directions to target what you’re working on more specifically.

Ways to grade it to find the “Just Right Match":

❄️ Use shorter straws to reduce breath control demands, or you can use longer straws to increase the challenge!

❄️ Explore different positions to play in: standing, prone propped on elbows, or in quadruped!

❄️ Create a piece of art with your snowballs for your clients motivated by crafts by making them into a snowflake!

Have fun!!

01/29/2026

Fine Motor Activity Highlight! 🎨🖌

This New Year's pom-pom painting is a great way to start off the first month of the year while also targeting fine motor skills! Make sure to have a visual model to provide some inspiration and support praxis skills.

Materials:
🎨 Construction paper
🎨 Number templates
🎨 Paint
🎨 Pom poms
🎨 Clothespins
🎨 Tape

Steps:
1. First, place the number templates onto your paper. It can be helpful to tape them down (with loops of blue paint), hold them down with one hand, or have an adult hold them.
2. Next, hold a pompom with a clothespin. Dip the pompom into paint.
3. Now, dab the paint on the paper. Be sure to dab along the edges of the numbers.
4. Finally, peel the numbers off your painting.
5. Have fun!

01/27/2026

T-minus one month until CLASI Module 6 is returning to Boston!!!! 🤩🎉

When: Friday, February 27th to Monday, March 2nd

Where: OTA the Koomar Center

This is a great opportunity to hone your skills, learn up-to-date research, and grab a sneak peek into how we are interpreting the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration (EASI).

We hope to see you there!

Click the link in our bio for more info and to register!

If you are considering attending, please register soon as space is limited! This is a live and in-person course.

01/26/2026

Happy Winter, everyone! ❄

We summoned the snowstorm with this fun coloring page this month!

Stay safe and warm! 🙂

01/23/2026

Visual Vestibular Activity Highlight: Zipline Tic-Tac-Toe! ❌⭕️

This activity is a fun spin on tic-tac-toe making it more of a big body game. This activity is easy to step-up and has a simple start to finish which could support transitioning away from the zipline. As always, make sure to consider the postural and praxis demands of the client when using the zipline. 😊

Ways to grade the activity for the “just right challenge”:

❌ Using different body parts to choose the spots on the board

⭕️ Increase or decrease the size of the board

❌ Have the client make the board and X's and O's to add a fine motor component

⭕️ Have fun!

01/22/2026

Woohoo! We are so excited to welcome back to Boston for Module 6, from February 27th- March 2nd! 🎉

Did you know if you have prior SI training you can join this course as a refresher?

This is a great opportunity to hone your skills, learn up-to-date research, and grab a sneak peek into how we are interpreting the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration (EASI).

We hope to see you there! 🤩

Click the link in our bio for more info and to register before it fills up!

01/14/2026

Oral Motor Activity Highlight: Build a Snow Person! ⛄☃

In these winter months, this can be a fun way to target jaw, cheek and lip stability and oral defensiveness.

You can also grade up the demand of this activity by having player two write their guess on the cheek of player one with the Nuk brush and have player one guess the letter.

Have fun and stay warm! ❄

01/09/2026

REMINDER!! 🔊🔊

M6 is coming to Boston in February and we’re hoping you’ll join us! 😊

Already have training in ASI? Join us to refresh your skills and learn how we are interpreting the EASI!

Link is in our bio for more information and to register!

01/07/2026

January Book of the Month! 📖

Title: Hey Warrior
Author: Karen Young
Illustrator: Norvile Dovidonyte

We love this book because it helps us manage scary feelings, as well as celebrate National Mental Wellness Month (January)!

01/05/2026

Fine Motor Activity Highlight! ❄

Pipe cleaner snowflakes make for a fun winter activity! Make sure to have a visual model to provide some inspiration and support praxis skills.

Materials:
❄ Pipe cleaners
❄ Scissors (optional)

Steps:
❄ Take 3 pipe cleaners and twist them together in the center to form a six-pointed snowflake shape.
❄ Spread out each "arm" evenly.
❄ Use 2 more pipe cleaners to wrap around or extend the "arms" for extra support.
❄ Bonus: Curl the ends into circles.
❄ Be creative!
❄ Have fun!

Skills targeted:
❄ Hand strength
❄ Grasp precision
❄ Bilateral motor coordination

12/19/2025

Today we had so much fun at our weekly staff meeting doing our annual Yankee swap and spreading some holiday joy in the office!

Happy Holiday's from OTA to you! 🤗

12/18/2025

REMINDER 🔊🤩

CLASI Module 6 is returning to Boston!

Dates: Friday, February 27th to Monday, March 2nd

Location: OTA the Koomar Center

For more information and to register, please click on the CLASI link in our bio!

Address

74 Bridge Street
Newton, MA
02458

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 6:30pm
Thursday	8am - 6:30pm
Friday	8am - 6:30pm
Saturday	8am - 2pm

Telephone

+16179694410

Website

https://linktr.ee/otathekoomarcenter

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