Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids

Occupational therapy activities for kids from babies, toddlers, kids, to teens. Strategies for improved developmental milestones, fine motor skills, sensory processing, and independence.
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Making the Back to School Transition Easy for Kids
Going back to school after a holiday break can be hard especially for sensory kids, those that are neurodivergent, and those with special needs. Learn helpful tips for transitioning kids back to school after the holidays without meltdowns!
10 Winter Sensory Activities For Kids
OT-inspired sensory activities for kids to do indoors or outdoors. No snow required, but great for kids from toddlers to teens to play and get great sensory input during the winter season.
Toy Recommendations that Build Child Development Skills
Occupational therapist recommended toys for kids to help improve brain, body, sensory, and social development. Great for kids of all ages, stages, and abilities. These toys make great gifts for birthdays, christmas, holidays.
Using Joint Compression For Regulation
Joint compression to the body is a strategy that gives sensory input a child that is both calming and regulating. Learn how to use this strategy effectively for kids to help with meltdowns, sensory processing disorder, and for kids with autism. Strategies from an occupational therapist.
How to Teach Interoception Skills to Kids!
Interoception is the 8th secret sense that controls hunger, toileting, and all of our internal sensations. Many children struggle with how to process the information coming into this sense. Learn ways to help your child understand their body's cues and to decrease picky eating, sensory toilet problems, and more.
Inexpensive But Fantastic Sensory Room Ideas
34 of the best sensory room ideas that don't break a budget but still offer regulating and calming activities for an area of the house or classroom. Great for kids with sensory processing disorder, autism, or behavioral issues who need a calming area of the house.
9 Tricks For Improving Oral Hygiene in Kids
Have a kid who hates tooth brushing? Learn sensory processing tricks to improve oral hygeine skills, especially for kids who hate to brush their teeth. Understand oral aversion, and oral sensory processing and how it keeps some kids from completing self help tasks like tooth brushing.
Genius Ways to Regulate a Sensory Seeker
Have a sensory seeker who is mistaken for a "wild child?" Learn the best ways to calm and regulate your child who craves more sensory input. From an occupational therapist and mom for kids with SPD, ADHD, and ASD.
Does Your Child Need Feeding Therapy?
Occupational therapists can work with your child on feeding goals through feeding therapy. Learn what feeding therapy is, what to expect from a feeding evaluation, and how to help your child with ARFID, PFD, or extreme picky eating.
11 Sensory Red Flags to Watch For
Babies, toddlers, and kids can show behaviors that point to sensory needs, sensory sensitivities, and sensory processing difficulties. Learn 11 more sensory red flags from an occupational therapist, and what you can do to help.
5 Simple Hand Dominance Activities
How do you teach hand dominance? Or do you have to? Occupational therapist and mom shares 5 simple and effective activities for kids to work on hand dominance. Great for toddlers and kids!
7 Yoga Poses for Kids of all Ages
Yoga is an amazing activity for kids and adults of all ages. It is a sensory activity that is regulating, calming, and good for emotional regulation. Learn 7 of my favorite yoga poses for kids as an occupational therapist, and how to use them in school, home, daycare, or anywhere.
Overcoming Oral Aversion in Kids
If your baby, toddler, or child refuses to put food or items in their mouth, they may have an oral aversion. Learn tips from an occupational and feeding therapy on how to help your child cope with a sensory sensitivity like an oral aversion.
8 Tips for Improving Sensory Food Aversions
Learn how sensory processing affects picky eating and is sometimes the underlying cause of pickiness in toddlers, kids, and teens. Plus get 8 tips to improve a sensory food aversion from an occupational therapist and feeding therapist!
How to Tell the Difference Between Tantrums and Sensory Meltdowns
Don't mistake a sensory meltdown for a tantrum with your sensory kid! Behavioral outbursts in kids with sensory issues can be a sign of a sensory meltdown. Learn how to tell the difference from a sensory occupational therapist.