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Pediatric occupational therapist in NYC sharing my treatment ideas and experiences one day at a time

08/09/2025

✨ We’re in our OT era! ✨

New school year means a new bulletin board! And being in elementary school means we’ve got lots of Taylor Swift fans, so this theme only seemed right!

We had our OT kiddos create friendship bracelets that represented them and traced their hands for a fun and functional first week of school activity!

What’s your back to school bulletin board theme? 😊

05/05/2025

One thing about me is I LOVE a sensory bin. They are dynamic and can be changed to support the needs and likes of all my OT kiddos. This sensory bin specifically is being used to target letter identification and matching (visual perception). 🔤😊

What is your favorite way to use sensory bins?

02/04/2025

03/02/2025

It’s almost Valentine’s Day which means the themed OT activities are coming out for sessions! This is a super fun and low prep activity to do and one I already frequent with my kiddos to work on sequencing, fine motor skills, following directions, and more! For this activity, kiddos roll 2 die, one with numbers and the other with colors. Each roll tells what color and how many of that color beads goes onto the pipe cleaner heart. Then just twist the ends together at the bottom and they’ve got a cute ❤️! What activities will you be doing with your students for this Valentine’s Day?

11/12/2024

Last week, the OT team at my school gave a professional development on sensory considerations in the classroom. It was informative and fun, especially when we added a DIY component to learning. We gave teachers the opportunity to DIY. They’re very own low cost and low material sensory tools for their students. I loved being able to share OT’s unique role in sensory integration with my co-workers. These are the low cost sensory tools we made….

1. Pencil fidget: I strong beads onto a pipe cleaner and taped, both sides to the pencil. ✏️
2. Paper clip fidget: I looped some pony beads onto a paper clip where they can be moved back-and-forth. I added a piece of Velcro to the top for some added sensory experience. 🖇️
3. ”Velcro desk buddy”: adding a piece of Velcro either underneath or on top of a kiddos desk is an inexpensive and easy way to provide tactile sensory input. They can rub their finger or hand against the Velcro (either the soft or rough side, depending on their preference. 🤚

Would you try any of these?

09/11/2024

I’m always looking for new ways to teach pre writing skills. I used this low-material and low-prep activity to teach my kiddo about line formation. This activity works on FM skills , visual perceptual skills, sensory integration skills. To add another layer of difficulty, I had the kiddo do the activity in quadruped to work on upper body strength.

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