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Managing Epilepsy in Children

March is Epilepsy Awareness Month, a time to educate people about the challenges faced by those with epilepsy and to raise awareness of the impact of this neurological disorder on individuals and their families.

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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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Cereal Sensory Bin

Sensory exploration helps to strengthen the neural pathway and brain perception of the various sights, sounds, textures, temperatures, smells and tastes. Encourage your child to describe the things they see and feel or their characteristics.

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Developmental Disabilities Awareness

Developmental milestones are things we consider to be important or meaningful learned behaviors in early childhood. We are familiar with the most major developments, for instance, our first words, first steps, first smile.

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DIY Play Dough

The play through this homemade dough can help support fine motor skills through strengthening hand muscles and improving hand-eye coordination as well!

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Painted Rocks Craft

Drawing or painting can help develop fine motor skills, but also can increase self-esteem and boost confidence. This activity can also help your child express their emotions or help you understand their state of mind.

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Flexible Thinking Game Cards

Use this playful movement-based activity to strengthen the skills needed for learning, social success, and emotional regulation. Try the Flexible Thinking Freeze Game: a dynamic, brain-building game designed to support executive functioning in a developmentally appropriate way.

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What foods are good for your teeth and what foods are bad for your teeth?

Kids can play this visual activity to understand how to choose foods that will be good for their teeth and dental hygiene.

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Cupid’s Heart Card Game

Kids will engage in interactive Valentine’s Day cards where they will complete a series of challenges related to occupational and speech therapy while collecting their heart cards. This activity can be done in pairs or individually, depending on the setting.

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Flossing Game for Kids

Sometimes it can be a challenge to help children understand the importance of flossing. The process of flossing can also be difficult for children to see when demonstrating at home.

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Conversation Heart Sort

Use your leftover candy hearts to develop visual perceptual skills and fine motor skills. This activity uses visual perceptual skills to sort by color and identification of colors. Practice fine motor development using pincer grasp to pick up hearts and place into the correct spot.

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Heart Hop Game

This activity focuses on developing gross motor skills, motor planning, following directions, as well as auditory processing while listening to when the music starts/stops.

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I Love You to Pieces Activity

Scissor skill development to address distal dexterity, hand strength, eye-hand coordination, rhythmic timing of coordinated cutting, bilateral integration, tactile exploration, sequencing, and attention to task.

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Valentine's Cat Craft

Facilitation of sequencing, following directions, material management, cutting, and drawing to create a Puurrfect Friend! Build on this fun craft with some imaginative play and fun animal sounds or gross motor movements when you pretend to be cats, too!

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