Fun Ideas for building Pre-Writing Skills
For many students in Preschool/TK, working on pre-writing lines (including a vertical line, horizontal line, and circle)
Summer Ideas for Sensory/Fine Motor Art Play
Need More Summer Ideas? Here are a few fine motor skills/sensory play ideas we love from Ascend Expert Christina Pandolfo, MS, OTR/L Our School-Based Occupational Therapist Cut shapes out of sponges and create a sponge painting masterpiece, or finger paint, exploring the texture of paint. Use an old toilet paper roll and dip in…
Summer Ideas for Sensory Play
We hope you and your families are staying cool this summer! We wanted to share some fun summer ideas for sensory and fine motor play. Summer is a wonderful time to explore sensory activities, especially outside and in nature. Sensory activities are not just for our little ones – it’s also great for us as…
Scissor Skills…Without the Scissors!
Home Activities to Help Work on Scissor Skills…Without the Scissors! Contributed by our Ascend Staff Christina Pandolfo, MS, OTR/L and Kevin Yang, OTR/L Scissor skills work on more than just cutting lines and shapes – it also works on bilateral coordination (using the helper hand to help hold the paper while cutting, or helping…
April is Occupational Therapy Month
From our School-Based Occupational Therapist at Ascend, Christina Pandolfo, MS, OTR/L April is Occupational Therapy Month, and to celebrate I want to share a few of my favorite activities for preschoolers. As an OT, I love working on foundational fine motor skills. Foundational fine motor skills are a big focus in our OT work with…
FIVE OT Tips: Preparing Kids to Return to In-Person School
From Ascend’s Expert & Lead Clinic Occupational Therapist Cecilia Su, MS, OTR/L OT Tips for Back to School Preparation: Helping Kids Return to In-Person Learning Returning to in-person school can be an exciting milestone, but it often comes with new routines, expectations, and anxieties for both children and parents. After extended time at…
Teletherapy
What is Teletherapy and 5 Simple Steps to get started with Teletherapy What is Teletherapy? Quite simply put, teletherapy is the use of technology to provide therapy services remotely. Teletherapy comes under the broad umbrella of TeleMedicine or TeleHealth which according to Mayo Clinic is the “use of digital information and communication technologies, such…