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Chelsee Parker, MOTR/L
∘ Pediatric Occupational Therapist
∘ Therapy ideas and tips

30/01/2022

GRADING ⬆️⬇️ Do you know how to take a game and make it more or less challenging to meet the needs of your child? Consult with your OT for ideas! 💡
Rattlesnake Jake was just a little too easy for some kiddos who kept asking to play. I added a die 🎲 and tweezer tongs to up the challenge! 💪🏻

23/12/2021

It’s almost here!! 🎄❤️

Scroll for some of my favorite craft project this holiday🥰🎅🏼

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Don’t forget your noise cancelling headphones, fidget toys and other calming tools at the family get togethers 🤫

28/10/2021

SPOOKY SNACK 🦷 🍎

Happy Halloween week! I don’t know about you, but as a pediatric therapist I’ve been celebrating Halloween all month with activities! 💀🎃

Check out this spooky snack idea! Perfect for Halloween to address fine motor skills by adding ingredients and using a knife to spread peanut butter, and helping kids with feeding issues and tactile defensiveness have fun with food 🥸

p.s. play with your food 🍎🥕🍓

21/10/2021

HAUNTED HOUSE 🏚

It’s Halloween time which is my favorite 🎃 I just had to get some supplies for all my kids to make it extra special 🥰

This build-it-yourself haunted house works on fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, attention to task, following directions and sequencing, problem solving and other important cognitive functions 🧠

25/09/2021

WRITING GRASP ✍🏻
This band is helping to facilitate an emerging tripod grasp!
Other helpful items include broken crayons, short pencils, holding a pom pom or other item in hand using pinky, ring, and middle finger, and writing on a vertical surface like an easel or the wall! ✏️
Did you know your child should stop using a palmar or fi**ed grasp around 1.5 years old? Modified tripod grasp develops at 3.5-4 years old! 🥸👌🏻

17/09/2021

WHEN I’M MAD 😡
It’s hard to impossible to communicate appropriately when kiddos (and adults!) are really angry. This chart is practiced BEFORE meltdowns and anger set in because you can’t teach in that anger moment.
This could be personalized to any child with the resources you have!!

03/08/2021

SENSORY BIN IDEAS 🦕🦄🪐🦋

Sensory bins are such a fun way to target so many skills like fine motor, visual perceptual, sensory integration, utensil manipulation 🥄

All items added to bins were from the dollar store and Target 🎯

The “base” of the sensory bin could be rice, beans, rice & beans, dried noodles, rubber tire pieces, cut up sponges, water beads, sand, moon sand, pebbles, sea shells, lentils, flour, oats, popcorn kernels, dirt, marbles, ice, beads, shaving cream, packing peanuts, YOU NAME IT

Tips:
✔️Take if slow, don’t force your child to touch it. First try a tool like shovel or spoon to play!
✔️Use fun and preferred toys to encourage engagement!
✔️Provide tools for increased functionality like a spoon, tongs, shovel, puzzle pieces, etc.
✔️Put it on the ground to encourage your child to put their feet, or whole body in the bin for the ultimate sensory experience!

09/07/2021

SENSORY PLAY🍦 Tactile defensive child? Bored on a hot summer day? This activity is easy and can be done with items you already have in your home!

Shaving Cream 🪒
Food Coloring 🌈
Bowls
Ice Cream Scooper

Have your child choose, add, and stir food coloring to work on fine motor, bilateral coordination, and self help independence skills 🍨 PLAY! Get messy, scoop, stir, and have fun to improve sensory processing!

*I used the ice cream cone from Ice Cream Stacking Tower game

04/07/2021

Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸🎇🎆

04/05/2021

MOTHER’S DAY CACTUS 🌵

What you need:
▪️ Model Magic clay in green, pink, brown 🌸
▪️2” or 1.5” terra cotta pot 🪴
▪️Acrylic paint 🎨
▪️Toothpick
▪️Small cookie cutter for flower

1. Paint the pot
2. Add brown clay to pot for “dirt”
3. Mold green doh into cactus and dot with toothpick/use toothpick for arms of cactus if needed
4. Use cookie cutter of star/flower shape to mold flower
5. Let dry 🌵

22/02/2021

DIAMOND STICKER CRAFT 💎 Since we’re between themes right now, it’s not Valentine’s and we aren’t ready for St. Patrick’s day.. we’ve been working on diamond art projects! 🖼 These little stickers target SO many skills and are very motivating-
Fine motor, visual motor, visual perceptual, attention, following directions, etc.

08/02/2021

ADVENTURES IN VEGGIELAND 🥕🌽🥦 Cudos to the book Adventures in Veggieland for providing endless activities to introduce new foods, particularly vegetables. The book provides graded exposure activities depending on where your kiddo is at with tolerance 🍠🫑🥑🍅 After a game of tic tac toe we tore them apart to discover what was inside!

28/01/2021

PERLER BEADS 🐕 Use these cute little beads to create anything your heart desires 🤍 I found this set with a background image to help with visual perceptual skills dollar spot! 💰 Work on fine motor, visual motor, visual perceptual, attention, following directions 🧠

08/01/2021

FOLDED SNOWMAN ⛄️ I needed to come up with a craft involving folding for a kiddo working on fine motor, visual motor, hand strength and following directions 🗺 I found this cute little guy and my client was so excited! First she cut out the circles, folded in half, then glued together 👍🏻

14/12/2020

HOLE PUNCH XMAS TREE 🎄🎄 Look how cute this little Pinterest success turned out!! Working on fine motor, visual motor, bilateral coordination, crossing midline 🙌🏻 What crafts are you planning this holiday? ✂️

12/12/2020

WOO TAPE ✍🏻 This has been a new favorite of mine since I got it. I put it on everything!! This is stick-anywhere-tape that has handwriting lines on it 😻✏️ Almost every single day at work I find myself drawing lines to help clients write their name UNTIL THIS 🙌🏻 I’ve been sticking this on everything 😂 Have you tried it??

02/12/2020

PUFFY PAINT 🎨 Today’s most fun sensory activity was working with a tactile defensive child using orange scented shaving cream mixed with finger paint 🖌 We started with a-tips as he was nervous about touching it, then he said “ok I’m going to use my fingers now” all on his own!! 🥰
Tell me your favorite sensory activities- 🙌🏻

14/11/2020

BILATERAL COORDINATION 🙌🏻 Here we are working on having this kiddo functionally use his left hand during activities 🥳 He’s using it to stabilize the theraputty while pulling beads with his right side! Now to work on that pincer grasp 😉 If you’re looking for a fun and functional Christmas present look into theraputty!! 🎁

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