An easy and fun DIY you can do with only a few supplies and is intuitively simple for kids!

Does your family have an abundance of Legos or a similar style of building block in your kids' playroom? Put those block to good use! These building blocks don’t just serve as a motivation...but also as a way to help learn and communicate, address articulation, language and more! Check it out:

Get up and move with this free exercise board game for kids! This printable game board includes several body movements that will work on improving coordination, core strength, balance, and endurance. Whether it’s a rainy day inside, outside on the playground, or within a therapy session, kids will love having fun with this movement activity!

Enjoy trying this great multi-tasking activity to help with learning, balance and also helps kids with throwing and eye-hand coordination. It's a great idea for indoors activities! Check it out:

Make a quick and delicious patriotic treat!

This activity focuses on auditory processing, gross motor skills, coordination, balance, motor planning, bilateral integration, visual perceptual skills, as well as developing hand and finger strength. Experience sensory integration via different tastes and textures.

This activity focuses on the development of fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, color identification, sensory integration through touching the paint, and expressive and receptive language skills through asking the child about their art.

Perfect to enjoy the summer, this activity also works on vital visual-perceptual skills to scan the underwater environment, find objects hiding behind one another, and language development for learning directional concepts such as the “fish is hiding behind the seaweed and above the rocks!”

Work on gross motor skills with this easy and fun game! This activity focuses on developing hand eye coordination, balance, gross motor skills. The game can be graded to be more or less challenging depending on ability.

Use simple household ingredients for fun sensory play! This activity involves sensory motor integration, fine motor skills, as well as expressive and receptive language skills. Engage in imaginative play through drawing pictures or playing your own version of Pictionary!

The hot summer months are even hotter in some areas of the US this year, particularly in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Kids can easily be affected by the heat in a negative way and suffer heat stroke simply by doing what they normally would do, like playing outside with friends.

Did you know there is a day dedicated to staying indoors and/or out of the sun? This lesser known observance can be quite a game changer in how we think about "sun" health! The date on the calendar may have passed, but your family can make it any day during the sunny months!

The month of July is dedicated to group B strep awareness. During this month, advocates aim to increase awareness about this disorder in an effort to allow individuals to share their experience.

Summer is a wonderful time for children to explore and have fun, but it can also be a great opportunity to support their development. As parents or caregivers, it is important to find activities that not only help us to keep children entertained but also promote their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth.

Summer can be an exciting time for children with autism as it provides a break from school and an opportunity to engage in fun activities. However, the sudden change in routine and sensory overload can often lead to stress and anxiety for children with autism spectrum disorder.

During the month of July, healthcare and advocacy organizations aim to promote awareness about sarcoma. Even in adults sarcoma is relatively rare when compared to other cancers, and in pediatrics, sarcoma makes up about 15-20% of cancer diagnoses. Similarly to sarcoma in adults, childhood sarcoma (or soft tissue sarcoma) has many variations and can affect any area of the body.

Any time is the right time to "eat right" for your family's health and wellness! We'll be highlighting National Childhood Obesity Week in September this year, until then, take a little time to explore how to Eat Right!

In July, we aim to help individuals take the time to understand the implications and effects on a child's health due to obesity — and how to be active in your child’s health life with tips for their diet and physical health.

As a parent, managing the needs of your child can be taxing and a constant, 24/7 job. While some conditions and diagnoses happen at birth or even before, there are some childhood chronic illnesses that can be prevented. It is important to understand what those measures of prevention are and how to employ them for yourself and your family.

Looking for a great summer indoor activity to aid in your child’s development?

Therapeutic Kids Coloring Pages are a creative activity that combines the fun of coloring with some of the principles of occupational therapy.

Every child needs to stay active and experience new things to learn and enjoy during the summer. Sometimes it is difficult to come up with new ideas when you are in the moment. Make it easy with our summer activity list!