Hannah OTJan 314 minTop Tips For Homeschooling in 2021!Welcome to my first post of 2021 and my first from Berlin! This is my first bilingual post - click here for German - and my others will...
Hannah OTJun 4, 20206 minSibling HarmonyI think we can all ‘high 5’ each other for getting this far with even one child, but for those of us who have two or more these last 10...
Hannah OTMay 19, 20205 minSwiss Ball MagicI first discovered how truly wonderful a Swiss ball can be during my second pregnancy - the first time around little did I know but I had...
Hannah OTMay 7, 20206 minPutting Movement Into LearningI spoke a lot about how I encourage teachers to add movement challenges in their lessons in my post Vestibular spinners and movers...
Hannah OTApr 28, 20201 minPre-writing Practise VideosSo it turns out my eldest daughter has gotten wise to being asked to do videos and this time demanded payment of £1 and a lollipop:-) So...
Hannah OTApr 28, 20204 minPractising Writing Skills Without Writing Since qualifying as an occupational therapist I have run numerous motor skills groups - all focusing on improving fine motor control,...
Hannah OTApr 24, 20206 minNo Child 'Just' Has Messy Hand Writing!As I said in my post discussing the importance of developing gross motor skills before focusing on fine motor skills, we need to go big...
Hannah OTApr 22, 20203 minPractise Doesn't Always Make Perfect!One day when my older daughter was in playgroup I was talking to her key worker and she happened to mention that my daughter was...
Hannah OTApr 21, 20204 minObstacle Courses, Not Just For Fun!Welcome back everyone! So we decided to take an extra day of holiday time yesterday, but we have been back to home school today. We...
Hannah OTApr 12, 20201 min#Happy Easter Everyone!!!And as promised... Our Easter Bunny Hop Challenge - come on there is no excuse now! Happy Easter Bunnies!! Hannah OT
Hannah OTApr 9, 20203 min#The Bunny Hop ChallengeYesterday we did a very special kind of sensory circuit...an Easter bunny sensory circuit! Now here comes the challenge...I challenge you...
Hannah OTApr 8, 20202 minEaster holiday fun!So we are 3 days in to a very strange Easter holiday indeed! All good so far I'm pleased to report, and I hope the same goes for you all....
Hannah OTApr 3, 20202 minA very different diet...Sensory diets are used to support children's self-regulation throughout the day. They are designed to give the right type of input at the...
Hannah OTApr 3, 20205 minWhy 'Stop touching' is not always easy to followToday I will explain why some children just seem to touch everything, whereas others seem to flinch at even the slightest brush past. The...
Hannah OTApr 1, 20206 minVestibular spinners and movers explainedToday I'm going to talk about what can be observed when a child is seeking or avoiding vestibular input. You'll remember from my previous...
Hannah OTMar 31, 20204 minProprioception...to seek or avoid?Evening all! I hope your day has gone well. This evening I'm going to talk about proprioception and introduce some ideas for movement...
Hannah OTMar 30, 20203 minHow full is your cup?Morning everyone! Welcome to week 2, I hope you all had a restful weekend and are having some success in using the sensory circuit. I...
Hannah OTMar 27, 20203 min#High Five to FridayWell here we are at the end of the week, well done to everyone! I hope that this post finds you all well and having had a reasonably...
Hannah OTMar 26, 20204 min#How is your engine running?How is your engine running? This is a lovely exercise that I like to do with children as I find it is a little more concrete than the...
Hannah OTMar 25, 20202 min#Behind A Sensory CircuitI hope you're all starting your day with yesterday's sensory circuit! I did it with both girls yesterday, and even my 2yo got involved...
