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FROM THE YKOT ARCHIVES BILATERAL COORDINATION ACTIVITIES USING PLASTIC RINGS Welcome to the little closet room that I can use at a school that I go to! I had a cancellation so had a few minutes to record some of the activities we are doing this week with plastic rings. Bilateral coordination is the ability to use the left and right sides of the body in a coordinated way. Sometimes we use both sides simultaneously, sometimes one is dominant and the other side helps, sometimes we coordinate...
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Balance Pad Wall Tracing: A Multisensory Brain-Body Boost This activity combines multiple OT goals into one powerful movement sequence: ✅ Balance Pad – Activates postural control, core strength, and proprioception by challenging stability. ✅ Wall Tracing – Strengthens oculomotor control and visual-motor coordination as the eyes track the path and hands follow. ✅ Holding a Ball with Both Hands – Promotes crossing the midline and bilateral integration, supporting brain hemisphere communicatio...
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R = Regulation I’m Jess, a pediatric OT and mom of 2. I’m sharing the ABC’s of OT- simple tips and core values that support kids in meaningful, child-centered ways for each letter of the alphabet! Follow along 🩵! Prone peanut ball walk outs give powerful proprioceptive input to the wrists, elbows, shoulders, even fingers, AND builds core strength. All great for regulation (and guess what?! prewriting skills too!!)! But that can get boring! If they’re not engaged with boring back and forth ...
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Come set up my shadow table with me! I’m using a big piece of white fleece (a white sheet works too)
Come set up my shadow table with me! I’m using a big piece of white fleece (a white sheet works too), plus some shadow puppets I made—available at preschoolvibes.com—and translucent toys. Instead of playing on the table, the kids will crawl under it with flashlights to create and explore shadows. Such a fun twist on light and color!
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