Can you believe it’s almost that time again? Whether you’re prepping your classroom, therapy space, or home activities—starting the school year with a fun, fresh back to school theme can set the tone for a fantastic year of learning, growth, and motor skill development! Here are a bunch of back to school themes with physical […]
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Gross motor resources are essential tools for helping kids build strength, balance, coordination, and confidence through movement. But did you know these resources can be used in so many more ways than originally intended? At Pink Oatmeal, our gross motor and fine motor resources are designed to be fun, effective, and—most importantly—flexible. Whether you’re a
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As school-based occupational and physical therapists, we wear a lot of hats—and often juggle more than one caseload across multiple buildings. We’re tasked with supporting students, collaborating with staff, problem-solving, documenting, and… oh yes, keeping track of the mountains of adapted equipment that support our students every day.
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When it’s the season of March Madness, there is nothing better than setting up basketball themed motor stations. In these stations you will have basketball themed fine motor, basketball themed gross motor, and basketball themed visual motor activities. They are fantastic for a March Madness themed motor room.
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I’ve talked about how much I love Medbridge and that Pink Oatmeal readers have a Medbridge Promo Code that they can use! If you’ve found this page, you’re in luck as you can use my Medbridge promotional code anytime you wish as well! Medbridge is the subscription service I personally use. I think it has
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Election day happens every November on the Tuesday that occurs between November 2nd and November 8th. At Pink Oatmeal we’ve put together gross motor, visual motor, and fine motor activities to go along with election day.
As a school-based occupational therapist or school-based physical therapist, you have one busy job. I know this first hand as I was a school-based physical therapist for several years. In my time working in the schools, I found I was always hustling trying to print things off the internet for information to pass along. It
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Last year I made a commitment to get super organized and it took some time in the beginning, but now it’s easy and let me tell you it makes my heart so happy! Whether you are organizing a therapy room, your car or a closet, these are therapist organization must-haves that you won’t regret!
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February is Black History Month! To celebrate this, I’ve put together several gross motor and fine motor ideas that you can use throughout the month to celebrate contributions of Black Americans to the United States.
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Groundhog Day happens on February 2nd each year. Being a Minnesota resident, I can safely assume, that we will, most definitely have winter for 6 more weeks each year. That being said, it’s still a fun day to celebrate. Today we are going to talk about Groundhog Day motor skills including, Gross Motor Activities, Groundhog
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It’s the holiday season and celebrating holidays around the world is a fantastic way to work on motor skills. In this blog post we are going to give you ideas for holiday gross motor activities and holiday fine motor activities! You will have fantastic ways to celebrate Christmas around the world and holidays around the
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Tips and tricks for planning your physical therapy or occupational therapy sessions for kids.
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School-based occupational and physical therapists have been dipping their toes into all of the value that technology can bring to working more efficiently. With large caseloads, and often times multiple buildings, therapists understand how important efficiency is! One solution to improving efficiency is the establishment of digital online folders and files. Moving folders and files
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School-based therapists (occupational, physical, speech and beyond) play a crucial roll in the IEP team. With their responsibilities encompassing a wide range of assessments, interventions, and progress monitoring, efficient data tracking becomes an important task. Fortunately, digital tools has revolutionized the way that school-based therapists can collect and analyze data, making it easier than ever
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As a school-based physical therapist or occupational therapist, you are responsible for protecting students’ privacy and confidentiality when it comes to their education records and health information. Two federal laws that need to be looked into are FERPA and HIPAA.
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What is the difference between the educational vs. medical physical therapy? This question is common and in this blog post we are going to try to break it down for you! All therapists whether they are working in the educational or medical model work to adhere to licensure laws and professional standards. They all
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Scooter boards are a great tool for promoting gross motor skills and encouraging physical activity in children. They can be used in a variety of ways, and here are a few fun scooter board activities to get you started.
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With President’s weekend quickly approaching, it is the perfect time to talk about President’s Day gross motor activities. Pink Oatmeal has several patriotic gross motor and fine motor activities that go perfect on President’s Day. All of the games we talk about below can be found in Patriotic Gross Motor Pack in the Pink Oatmeal
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It’s the holiday season! This means it’s the perfect time to whip out those holiday sweaters or Christmas sweaters. At Pink Oatmeal, we are all about making the holiday season fun and that includes holiday sweater gross motor and fine motor skills. Here are a list of several ideas to get you started making motor
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A full list of locomotor activities for kids. These are creative and engaging ways to work on locomotor skills.
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