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How To Improve Eye Hand Coordination in Kids

How To Improve Eye Hand Coordination in Kids

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Child Development, Fine Motor

Improve your kids Eye Hand Coordination by learning the signs that indicate your kiddo is struggling, and games you can start playing today! Eye hand coordination, also known as hand eye coordination, is a foundational skill to everyday...

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5 Minute Skill Building Preschool Activities for Home

5 Minute Skill Building Preschool Activities for Home

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Child Development, Fine Motor

5 minute preschool activities developing fine motor, gross motor, eye-hand coordination, core strengthening, and attention with everyday items. Have you ever wondered what you can be doing at home to help build your preschooler's skills? Or looked...

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Pincer Grasp Simplified: What, When and How It’s Used

Pincer Grasp Simplified: What, When and How It’s Used

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Child Development, Fine Motor

Discover when a Pincer Grasp develops, the difference between a Crude and Neat Pincer Grasp, and get 10 Activities that Work on it without Food! Being a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, I get asked questions about fine motor development all of the...

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Ultimate Developmental Gift Guide for 5 Year Olds

Ultimate Developmental Gift Guide for 5 Year Olds

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Child Development

Get this developmental GIFT GUIDE for toys that your 5 yr old is going to love that are kid, Occupational Therapist, and mom approved! Shopping for a 5 year old can be tricky! Let alone shifting through the enormous number of toys available! And...

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How to Avoid Sensory Overload in Children During the Holidays

How to Avoid Sensory Overload in Children During the Holidays

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Sensory

6 tips to Prevent Sensory Overload in Children and make Your Holidays filled with laughter! Learn what it can look like and how to manage it. I love the Holidays! They give you a chance to celebrate, indulge, and reflect! BUT... I don't love being...

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32 Easy Seasonal Crossing Midline Activities for Kids

32 Easy Seasonal Crossing Midline Activities for Kids

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Child Development

32 Fun Seasonal Crossing Midline Activities that will get your Kiddo in the spirit of the season and extra practice in mastering this life skill. Thinking of fun and creative ways to work on Crossing the Midline can be exhausting. And using the...

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Increase Focus In Class with Easy Sensory Strategies

Increase Focus In Class with Easy Sensory Strategies

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Sensory

Have a distractible kiddo? Use easy sensory strategies to INCREASE FOCUS today without disrupting the teacher or missing class instruction. Kids learn in all different ways. Some need to hear it. Others learn better by seeing it. While others learn...

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Remote Learning Brain Breaks for Kids To Improve Focus

Remote Learning Brain Breaks for Kids To Improve Focus

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Sensory

Quick and easy Remote Learning Brain Breaks for Kids at home, or in school! Get your FREE PRINTABLE and improve your kiddo's focus today! Today was our first day of homeschooling because of the Coronavirus. And as I was worrying about the academic...

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Neat Handwriting: An Easy 8 Step Guide for Parents

Neat Handwriting: An Easy 8 Step Guide for Parents

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Fine Motor

Does your kiddo struggle with having neat handwriting? Use this easy 8 step guide to start improving their writing today! As a school-based Occupational Therapist for 15+ years, I sometimes get called the "handwriting teacher". Although I work on...

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Kindergarten Sight Word Activities Using Fine Motor Skills

Kindergarten Sight Word Activities Using Fine Motor Skills

by Kelly DeYoung MOT, OTR/L | Fine Motor

Learn 10 fun and easy Kindergarten sight word activities that will also develop fine motor skills using household or low cost items. Make learning fun! Have you ever decided to do something without completely thinking it through? My son's school...

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