You can use your creation as a fidget or calming toy to destress and reduce anxiety related to online learning. Print free instructions to make a DIY stress ball at home, and read our article: Promoting Success with Online Learning via Regulation Strategies.

This versatile activity can be changed up throughout the year to a different theme. Different winter theme instead of tree trunk with snow flakes could build a snowman. If you don’t have a scooter board, the kiddos could do animal walks to and from point A to B.

Exercising together can be a fun way to build a foundation for the future - focus on moving together in the New Year!

Create a helpful resource to stay motivated througout the year! Creating a vision board can help articulate what is important or motivating - for both kids and adults!

Oral motor skill development and breath coordination is important skills in eating and speech. This activity increases lip closure, lip strength, breath coordination, and visual-motor planning to adequately move the snowballs from one container to another.

Promotion of visual-motor integration and fine-motor skill development for tracing, cutting, gluing, and increased creativity to construct the winter scene!

This activity is great for sequencing, following direction, auditory processing skill development, and sensory input for calming.

Remote learning presents challenges for students, parents, families, and instructors in different ways. For students, it may have been difficult to adjust to distance learning instead of going to school. They may have found it much more difficult to concentrate and may have many more distractions on hand. There are ways to set your family up for success with online learning by implementing regulation strategies.

While many people have heard of therapy with horses, many might not know the word assigned to the practice. Hippotherapy actually applies its form from physical, occupational, and speech therapy and can help your child’s development in many ways.

National Birth Defects Awareness Month Since the 1800s, the majority of births in the U.S. correlate with the seasons. The change of seasons brings cooler temperatures and shorter days, encouraging people to spend more time indoors. In the northern part of the states, there is an increase in births in the summer months (between June and July), and in the southern states, there is an increase in births in the fall months (between October and November).

When our babies are newborns, we strive to get them on a schedule. We work tirelessly to include feeding times, diaper changing, and napping schedules in our lives. Once we’ve built a successful routine, a new habit gets thrown into the mix, and before we know it, we’ve been adapting for 5 years and Kindergarten starts - leading to another ball in our juggling act.

Print the digital download of snowflake cut-outs, each featuring a different word related to Christmas or winter, and the winter wonderland scene (option: open this scene on a tablet, TV, or computer screen).

This craft aids in fine motor dexterity and strength, pincer grasp development, line awareness, scissor skills, problem solving, and executive functioning to follow directions and sequencing.

Learning letters is a great way to prepare for school and increase auditory processing, language development and associations, as well as visual motor integration to identify and appropriately draw letters.

This activity focuses on articulation, language processing, and following directions. These activities include a visual motor component to throw the snowball and attempt to knock over cups or hit the target.

Get active at home during the holidays. Download these free templates to make your own ornament numbers.

Decorative and Developmental! Click the button on the image to download a printable page of instructions to do this fun festive craft at home! Making these gingerbread men or snowmen can help enhance imaginative play through pretend!

Fun and Functional Snowman Name Chain! Learning letters, how to spell your name, and the letter formation to write each letter are all functional benefits of this fun activity!

Playful Practice: This activity is great for visual-motor integration and fine motor grasp to hold the writing utensil for appropriately tracing both hands. Additionally, cutting requires the use of the intrinsic hand musculature and builds strength. Click the image to download a printable version to do at home!

Santa Says Printable holiday game: This game not only aids in gross motor development but so much more! Download this game and learn about all the different ways this fun and festive game can help your child’s development.