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Peanut Butter Playdough Recipe:
Playing with playdoh is fun, and if you can eat the playdoh when you are done, it can be even more fun. It is also a good way to play with food for kids that have problems with eating. Ingredients: 1...
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Home Made Play Doh
Play doh is such a great tool to use to work on fine motor skills, so I decided to make some from scratch. Since the best recipe involves cooking, I anticipated it being difficult, but it was...
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Cloud Dough
I have seen cloud dough posted about on the internet, so I decided to give it a try and see what it was like. It is a mix of flour and oil. The amount of oil is small enough that the dough does not...
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Kinetic Sand
I went to an Occupational Therapy Conference last week and found a cool new product while I was there. It is called Kinetic Sand, and it is seriously the coolest stuff. It is sand, but it does not act...
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Therapy Product History Lesson
Before WWII in the U.S., most people used coal to heat their homes. Coal heating resulted in dirty walls. Noah McVicker, who worked at a soap manufacturer named Kutol Products, produced a moldable...
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Delicious Sensory Peanut Butter Play Dough
When working with kids who have food aversions, I work on having fun with food items. To make this delicious peanut butter play dough, I put the ingredients in a bowl and let the kids mix it all...
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Sweet Potato Play Dough
This Summer, I was running a group with kids that avoid food, so we played with all kinds of foods to get some pleasant associations with the smells and tastes. I wanted to make every day food into a...
View ArticleFun Fine Motor Turkey Activities
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so it is a great time to use turkey crafts in your therapy sessions. Most of these turkey crafts/activities work on fine motor skills, and some incorporate...
View ArticleRubbery Marshmallow Play Dough
I have joined some other bloggers to share recipes and posts about sensory dough called the Twelve Months of Sensory Dough, and this month’s play dough is snow dough. When I think of snow, I think of...
View ArticleCitrus Orchard Play Dough with Printable
Winter in Southern California is orange season, and the smell of citrus is just wonderful. I made an orchard play dough mat and made some orange and lemon play dough to go along with it. To make the...
View ArticleDelicious Strawberry Play Dough
When working with kids who have food aversions, I like to do some fun activities with food that provide some of the sensory experience of food, but in a fun atmosphere without the required eating of...
View ArticleClean Mud
Playing in mud is a great sensory and tactile activity, but it can be very messy. This “clean mud” activity gives a similar sensation to regular mud, but you come away from the activity cleaner than...
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Play Doh Connect Four
Play Doh Connect Four is a fun activity that was created by Marie Logan, an Occupational Therapist with UAB Pediatric Neuromotor Clinic. This activity is a great way to combine the benefits of using...
View ArticlePeanut Butter Playdough Recipe:
Playing with playdoh is fun, and if you can eat the playdoh when you are done, it can be even more fun. It is also a good way to play with food for kids that have problems with eating. Ingredients: 1...
View ArticleHome Made Play Doh
Play doh is such a great tool to use to work on fine motor skills, so I decided to make some from scratch. Since the best recipe involves cooking, I anticipated it being difficult, but it was...
View ArticleCloud Dough
I have seen cloud dough posted about on the internet, so I decided to give it a try and see what it was like. It is a mix of flour and oil. The amount of oil is small enough that the dough does not...
View ArticleMaking Letters With Playdoh
I have a couple little guys that always try to make the tail of the lower case g come down from the middle of the g. We practice it, we talk about it, and they are doing it right, then next time I see...
View ArticleSave the Dinosaurs fine motor game
When I see kids for therapy, I like to make it a fun and motivating time to work on underlying skills and practice class skills (such as writing) in an interesting way. If we make it fun and...
View ArticleClay Writing Board
Have you ever wanted to add resistance for strengthening the writing muscles of the hands? Writing in clay is a perfect way to do this. This week we made letters out of clay/playdoh, and had the kids...
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