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Designing for the Senses

One of my projects has been to work in collaboration with designer Deborah Dimare to

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Beautiful Oops! I have always loved this book. Soo

Beautiful Oops! I have always loved this book. Sooo well made and the lesson of turning “mistakes” into something beautiful is a life skill for our children. Once we read the book, we used finger stamps, closed our eyes to make dots on the paper and then use our creativity to turn it into something beautiful! (Added bonus: I turned this into a handwriting activity too by labeling each picture and then writing a sentence about it!) #otskills #creativity #creativityforkids #finemotor #finemotorskills #homeschool #learning #learningthroughplay

Our children’s lives have been turned upside dow

Our children’s lives have been turned upside down. What they counted on in the routine of school to help them stay grounded and regulated is no longer consistent (in person, on zoom, shut down a class, reopen a class, divided recess, plexiglass desktop, masked friends and teachers) it’s A LOT for little kids. Then they often hear “it’s too much to have them home” where they now feel like burdens in the very 4 walls that are meant to be their safe place. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our children’s emotional health is a PRIORITY. Academics can always get caught up. Fine motor and gross motor skills too. However, their mental health is a lot more important and fragile. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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As parents and as educators our focus needs to be how to help children feel safe from the inside. Safety allows children to feel grounded and open to learn and thrive. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Create the time during the day, both at home and at school, where children can voice their feelings and their fears. Let’s give them tools for mindfulness and for using the power of their breath to stay calm. Take the time to slow down.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We can help children through all these changes by teaching and modeling grounding strategies so that they can build resilience no matter what life brings.

Made this with one of my students to work on handw

Made this with one of my students to work on handwriting skills. This was as a reward for months of hard work!!! Printed it on transfer paper and ironed it on a cotton pencil case! 💕really magical to watch children appreciate their own art💕

This week’s class was so much fun! Easy way for

This week’s class was so much fun! Easy way for little ones to practice counting skills while paying attention to how much force they use with their fingers (graded finger control). This is an important precursor skill to efficient pencil grasp. ✏️ #ot #otskills #finemotorskills #prek #prekactivities #iteachtoo #funlearning

💕 Integrating growth mindset concepts into our

💕 Integrating growth mindset concepts into our writing sessions. 💕

As we practice the formation of letter K , we also explored the importance of K-indness and ways to be kind to ourselves and others.

As educators, we can make any moment a teaching moment. Focus not only on building fine motor skills but also incorporate life lessons for our little ones.

#OT #iteachtoo #kindness #growthmindset #intentionalparenting #mindfulteaching #momsofinstagram #teachersofinstagram

Strengthen little fingers by pushing and pulling p

Strengthen little fingers by pushing and pulling pompoms in/out of these Monster snack containers! So fun!

Meet Beverly! Beverly is the new addition to our

Meet Beverly!

Beverly is the new addition to our A team! We are excited for her to come on board. What I love best about Beverly is her love and passion for working with children. We are excited to welcome her to the team!

In honor of Earth Day I love up cycling crafts! We

In honor of Earth Day I love up cycling crafts! We used old pool noodles, older markers, washi tape and electric toothbrushes to make these amazing Art Bots!!!! Hands down a kid favorite!

#earthday #earthdayactivities #otactivities #otfun #crafts #sensoryfun

Earth day is tomorrow! 🌱 Some of the children

Earth day is tomorrow! 🌱

Some of the children’s favorite activities are in nature. The sensory exposure to the smells and to touch and to sounds is priceless.

Join me next month as I share a free online workshop to discuss the value of nature in our children’s lives. Stay tuned for details.

#earthday #sensory #sensoryactivities #sensorysentations #ot #otactivities #otactivitiesforkids #learningthroughplay #sensoryplay #sensoryfun

Meet Kristy! Kristy was the first COTA at Miss Ma

Meet Kristy!

Kristy was the first COTA at Miss Mancy’s. She has been on the team since forever!!! I remember meeting Kristy and thinking how kind and graceful she was. Kristy has always been the OT that rolls up her sleeves and gets it done. When I had to take off for a little while to have surgery, Kristy covered my schedule and drive from one end of the city to the other for months! (And never once complained!!) How grateful am I for her dedication. Kristy is kind and gentle with the children and always goes above and beyond to grow in her learning.

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