Author Archives: Taylor Johnson

There are so many ways to incorporate schedules into daily routines and therapy sessions. Some children respond well to seeing everything that is to come. Other children respond best when they can see one to two activities or tasks at a time. Personally, I make a written schedule each night of every activity and to-doContinue reading “Schedules”

Winter is in full swing, and to keep our groups warm we whipped up a batch of hot chocolate. We started with figuring out what ingredients were needed, then we practiced sequencing the steps, and then we practiced ADL skills like microwaving and pouring. After we tried our delicious hot chocolate, we practiced hot chocolateContinue reading “Hot Chocolate Breathing”

One area of visual processing is visual discrimination. This is the ability to notice differences between two objects or pictures. Having the ability to look at items and to recognize whether they are the same or different is a key process in matching and categorizing. This can come into play throughout our daily lives. OneContinue reading “Visual Discrimination”

The holidays are upon us! If you are looking for gifts that can support your child in their OT goals, make sure to chat with your therapist for goal-specific ideas! In the meantime, check out this list of my personal favorite toys this year!

Our groups this past week have done an amazing job prepping for Thanksgiving. We have practiced setting tables, engaging in reciprocal conversations, and trying some typical Thanksgiving foods! We practiced using forks and knives, and safely cutting meats. Take a peek below to check out our Thanksgiving spread: General Feeding Tips:

This past week, our groups made the cutest and easiest ghost snacks! Using only two ingredients (banana, chocolate chips), we whipped up these sweet little ghosts. Our group members practiced following directions, sequencing, turn-taking, and kitchen skills! Just a reminder, here are a few Halloween sensory sensitive strategies:

Having a strong and stable core will allow your child to complete a plethora of daily activities. This includes having the ability to sit upright to perform a table top task. If your child is demonstrating difficulties with fine motor tasks, we may have to turn our attention towards the core! Core strength allows usContinue reading “Core Strength”

Our groups this week learned about the Tour De Turtles. It was so much fun learning about something new! For more information, check out the website here: https://tourdeturtles.org After we learned about the project, we made a delicious snack! If you are interested in recreating this at home, check out the info below: Tour DeContinue reading “Tour De Turtles”

Messy play is a way to provide tactile input to the nervous system. Some children crave this type of input, especially when it is wet tactile input (i.e. shaving cream, foam, pudding, mud). Our groups had a wonderful type exploring wet tactile input during this ocean messy play activity! To recreate this activity, you willContinue reading “Ocean Messy Play”