by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
HANDWRITING 101: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Handwriting is a complicated motor skill that requires dexterity, strength, motor planning skills, and visual memory. In the past, children learned the alphabet and how to write their letters in kindergarten. These days,...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
Thank goodness the fidget fad is fading. Even though every child has one hidden away in their pocket or backpack, the intense obsession with every kind of fidget spinner is slowly dwindling. A few months ago, when fidgets were more popular than big hair in the...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
This is a sponsored post. To learn more, read my disclaimer Learning how to tie your shoes is a giant leap toward becoming a “big kid.” Kind of like getting your first car or driver’s license. It feels like you are immediately branded as a...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Many children use too much pressure when writing. Read on for OT tricks to conquer this problem! “He breaks pencils like crazy, and then wastes 5 minutes each time to go sharpen it! Why is he pressing so hard?” The teacher’s cheeks were pink with frustration. I could...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
How to change your child’s grasp by changing their crayons “He uses all of his fingers… and he gets annoyed when I correct him!” As a pediatric Occupational Therapist, I hear this from a lot of moms and teachers. Pencil and crayon grip is...
by Miss Jaime | Dollar Deals, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
I have a confession: I love the Dollar Store. I just do. The problem is that it’s impossible to leave without a few extra things. BUT – that’s how I ended up with my latest and greatest Valentine’s Motor Centers. I swear I just went in there...