by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills
The car is packed, the best vacation of your life is just a few hours away. Now all you have to do is get there. So what’s the problem? THE DREADED CAR RIDE! Picture your kids in the backseat, smiling and laughing, joking and taking turns. Ahhh....
by Miss Jaime | Technology & Apps
What should a parent do when their child isn’t interested in reading? What if they aren’t prepared for kindergarten? Will they ever learn their letters? I just found the perfect solution for the disinterested child. A Bluebee Pal. As an OT and a newly...
by Miss Jaime | Long Island, Sensory Processing
This post contains affiliate links Parents often ask me for my favorite Sensory Resources. I recently did a parent workshop to speak about OT tips and tricks for children with Sensory Processing Difficulties. I decided to put together a simple list of my go-to books,...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Other
“Get Dressed!” How to Modify Your Child’s Dressing Routine is part of a year-long blog hop called, Functional Skills for Kids. Each month, I worked with other pediatric OTs and PTs to post on different developmental topics that impact functional skills for...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Seasonal
Learn 10 pet peeves of a school-based Occupational Therapist In the spirit of teaching the general public about OT, I’ve decided to share some of my “O.T. pet peeves”. The teachers that I work with know me pretty well. As a true Sagittarius, I am a...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Other, Sensory Processing
What is play? Play is defined as an activity that a person engages in for recreation and enjoyment. For children, play is crucial to their development and learning. A child’s primary occupation is to play, learn, and socialize (AOTA, 2015). As a child plays,...
