Nothing is better than the beach during the summer (or vacation)! It’s also a fantastic way to work on motor skills. Today we are talking about beach themed gross motor and beach themed fine motor skills ideas. Use these ideas along with the ocean themed gross motor and fine motor activities or on it’s own. […]
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Animal walks are a fantastic for a wide variety of skills including gross motor, fine motor, and bilateral coordination. The best part is that you can put a spin on these animal walks to make them even more fun. Pink Oatmeal also has several different animal walk printables for kids that you can get your
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I’ve tried out a couple different subscription continuing education companies for my physical therapy CEU’s and have decided that Medbridge is my favorite. I feel that the price is fantastic for what you get. In all reality, you could get all of your continuing education units done for an amazing price with a variety of
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Today is all about Easter gross motor ideas. Many of these ideas would also go well with the different spring themed gross motor ideas from Pink Oatmeal. Get out your plastic eggs and get excited for the Easter gross motor activities from Pink Oatmeal.
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February is dental health month. Often times, this means education and activities about taking care of your teeth. At Pink Oatmeal we are going to add some dental health gross motor skills to the mix. These ideas and games can easily be incorporated into a dental health lesson or to use during the month of
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Gross motor activities with pool rings. These are perfect for Winter Olympics gross motor or Summer Olympics gross motor activities.
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I’ll never forget my first year in the schools. I had come from a primarily adult outpatient setting. There were lots of changes entering into the school system, but one of the big ones was wrapping my head around all of the different equipment options. How I wish I would have had it all in
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As a physical therapist, I have worked with a wide variety of shoe orthotics and inserts. Often times, I have worked with different orthotists to find the right fit for the kiddo I’m working with. Today, I want to talk about a personal experience with my own son and the shoe orthotic that finally worked
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A fabulous list of IEP resources for parents to navigate special education and the IEP process.
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The holiday season is here! One fabulous theme for the holidays is all things gingerbread! Today we are talking about different gross motor and fine motor skills activities that you can incorporate into your gingerbread person theme. Also, be sure to check out all of the different Christmas themed gross motor and fine motor activities
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Kids learn about the alphabet from a young age! Whether they are singing the ABC’s or identifying letters of their name, it is one of the first things kids learn about! Including fine motor and gross motor activities with the alphabet is both great for learning and working on motor skills. Below are just a
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Want a fun and engaging theme for gross motor and fine motor skills work that your kids will love? Try the pirate, princess and mermaid theme (maybe mermaid princess?)! This theme can be used any time of the year, but I prefer it as a summer or end of the school year theme. It can
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Pools are a great place to not only play, but also work on exercise and conditioning. There are several great pool exercises for kids that you can do that seem like all fun and play! The summer months are prime pool season, but indoor pools provide opportunity for these water exercises for kids when the
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The year 2020 and 2021 have proved to be interesting to say the least. It’s required many of us to adapt in our personal and work lives. If you work with kids, there is a good chance that you may have been doing that from a distance at some point over the last year. You
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Earth Day is celebrated April 22nd every year. I remember receiving a little pine tree in school on Earth Day that I could take home and plant. I drove by the house I grew up in about a year ago, and my little pine tree wasn’t so little anymore! As a physical therapist, I love
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Pink Oatmeal has several fun games out there, but…how great would it be to have games that are fun and personalized for the kids that we work with!?! The good news is that there are ways that this can be done using Pink Oatmeal’s digital games, and I’m going to share them with you today!
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Bilateral coordination means using both sides of the body together in a controlled manner. An example of bilateral coordination in everyday life would be stabilizing the paper with one hand while writing with the opposite hand. If a child struggles with bilateral coordination, it may cause everyday tasks such as writing, tying shoes, riding a
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The Coronavirus pandemic has presented us with many challenges. One of these challenges is finding new and different ways to work with kids outside of the traditional in person routines we were used too. The good news is there are lots of resources out there to help. Sometimes it seems that many of these resources
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As the new school year approaches, so do new challenges for teachers, therapists and parents. With all the different models for keeping kids and staff safe, new ideas have to be put in place to make learning and motor skills successful! This includes social distancing measures when in person school is in session. This also
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What kid doesn’t love an amusement park? The games, the rides, and the food! Nothing beats the day at an amusement park. Turning this into a theme for gross motor and fine motor is easy too. Adding this theme to your classroom, therapy session or home based learning can be done using the ideas below.
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