School Ideas

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.

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.

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

Gross motor activities with pool rings. These are perfect for Winter Olympics gross motor or Summer Olympics gross motor activities.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

In my past work as a school based physical therapist, the programming I did was for the school day.  My daily plans often times followed different themes and seasons based on the time of the school year.   We are now at at time where many teachers (of all types), school based physical therapists and occupational

Have you heard the term crossing the midline?  What exactly does this mean?  Imagine a line down the center of your body. Crossing midline means that you can reach across the middle of your body (the imaginary line) to perform a task with your arms or legs.  This is a skills that starts to become

Building lower body strength in kids doesn’t have to be boring! Even traditional lower body exercises for kids can be made fun by adding a little twist. Today I’m sharing with you some of my favorite lower body strengthening exercises for kids.