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Easter Bunny Sock

Working on creating this Easter Bunny sock will help kids with their bilateral integration skills to cut, pour rice, and tie ribbon. Moreover, it will promote material organization and sequencing to adequately create the craft. Provide extra problem-solving challenges by giving them time to work through the process if they are old enough and stand by for questions.

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Speech Water Play

Work on WH questions and final SH sounds with sensory play! This activity works on WH questions (describing, categories, prepositions, basic concepts and sentence formulation), final SH sounds, ADL to "clean" fish in the bucket, and sensory play.

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Fingerprint Flowers

Use your hands and simple supplies for a fun spring craft! This activity focuses on sensory play through feeling the paint on the fingers/hands, visual perceptual to ID the colors and where to place fingers on the paper, finger isolation, and body awareness.

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Animal Alphabet Adventure

In this fun-filled activity, children will embark on an Animal Alphabet Adventure! This activity incorporates concepts of occupational therapy by promoting fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and cognitive development.

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Leprechaun Says

In addition to developing gross motor skills, this game does so much more! This game can aid in all of the following: Auditory processing to follow instructions, impulse control, attention to task, all motor coordination/motor planning, body awareness, dynamic standing balance, concepts (like play the bagpipes), bilateral integration, and more.

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St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin

Bring in the luck with this festive holiday play idea! Use household items or find holiday decorations to include in your St. Patrick’s Day sensory bin. This activity utilizes fine motor skills with pinching, pouring, and scooping. Language skills are used to describe the items in the bin.

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Calm Down Sandwich

Build a sandwich to practice self-regulation! Kids can create their own sandwich and choose which toppings to follow the directions until they feel calm. You can use the printable sandwich pieces provided or create your own!

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Lucky Sensory Bottle

Sensory bottles are very helpful in training children how to calm their body down; they provide a visual cue to help pair their breathing with and slow down. And with the variety of items in the bottle, this can be a great visual scanning activity to find different objects and have your child identify and describe them for language development.

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Tissue Paper Rainbow Craft

Cutting tissue paper helps in building hand strength and bilateral integration. Working to collect the colors improves visual-perceptual skills. Crumpling and gluing works on fine motor dexterity, visual-motor planning, and sequencing.

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Shamrock Speech Craft

Kids can work on their speech skills with this fun St. Patrick's Day-themed activity! Use this exercise to address sh-words. In addition to learning and practicing sh-words, kids work on articulation, phonology, and more!

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Leprechaun Hat Streamer Craft

With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, kids can make this fun streamer craft to help them celebrate on the holiday! You can use the template provided in our app or create your own at home by following the instructions.

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Common Epilepsy Triggers Chart

For children with epilepsy, it can be very important that they are aware of some of the most common triggers of seizures so they can minimize the frequency of those episodes. Having a chart to remind them of ways they can be mindful and what to avoid could help them take an active role in their own health.

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Home Balance Beam

Use the balance beam you create to help establish vestibular support with a fun activity. It can help kids focus, regulate impulse, and of course, improve balance and posture!

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