Tag: occupational therapy
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Teaching Word Families with Movable Letters
This year, we made progress in reading and writing. We are learning the “ock” word family these days —words like rock, sock, and block. These small steps seem easy, but they are big wins for us. In this post, I will talk about teaching my child with Down syndrome to read and write word families.…
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A Big Milestone: My Child with Down Syndrome Learns to Write Words.
Her love for letters and their sounds is growing day by day. A few days ago, she amazed me by writing some of her favourite words with the help of their sounds. I was speaking the words out loud, focusing on the sounds, and V tried to write the words. In case you don’t know,…
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How My Child with Down Syndrome Learned Jigsaw Puzzles: Tips and Skills That Helped Her.
Recently we moved to a 108 pieces puzzle. Looking back, it has been a challenging journey. There were lots of tears, failures, surprises, excitement, and learning. Puzzles demand a lot of attention, focus, and thinking skills. So before introducing jigsaw puzzles, offer chunky puzzles as they are easy to grasp. Then, move on to knob…
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DIY Zipper Board
I made this Zipper Board a few years ago to improve Veda’s grip, fine motor skills and finger strengthening. Not only it will help in strengthening those tiny finger muscles but also a great way to learn the life skills like zipping. Veda loves DIY activities as she has a thing for raw materials for…
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Fun DIY Activity to Teach Kids Big and Small Concepts
Planning to make your child learn about big and small concepts in a fun way? Then try this DIY activity I found online and made a few years ago for Veda. My daughter loved pompoms and DIY activities when she was a toddler. I tried to incorporate pompoms into every activity. This made it more…
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Geoboard Activities: Strengthening Little Hands
I focus a lot more on fine motor skills and problem-solving skills for V. This wooden geo board is a great activity to learn the basic shapes. You can also practice standing or slanting lines and other patterns. It helps enhance those fine motor skills. Veda who doesn’t like to play with toys has been…
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Theraputty Fun Exercises
Few years ago, V was a child with a severely poor grip due to muscle weakness. Holding a stack ring was even a big task for her, forget about putting the rings on the stacker even at the age of 2 years. I introduced Theraputty with some fun exercises to improve her fine motor skills…
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Fine Motor Fun
If I have to choose only one activity(which is absolutely hard to do) which we enjoy a lot and a great way to improve fine motor skills of our kids, then without doubt I am going to pick pom pom sorting/colour matching with tweezers. Few years ago I got Learning Resources Gator grabber tweezer from…
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Physical Therapy Activities We Love
In 2020, we stopped physical therapies, then COVID happened. So, I started looking for enjoyable and effective physical activities to keep her moving at home. My goal was to have fun, strengthen her muscles, improve her movements, and meet her sensory needs. Hurdles When we stopped physical therapy for Veda, I invested in a few…