Hi, I’m Cindy from CreativeCOTA! I’m a school-based Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with over 25 years of experience supporting preschool and elementary students. I share practical classroom ideas, occupational therapy activities, no-prep resources, seasonal learning fun, and helpful tips for teachers, therapists, and parents. My goal is to create engaging activities that build fine motor, visual perceptual, handwriting, and learning skills in fun and meaningful ways. Join at CreativeCOTA.com!
Feeling Refreshed or Exhausted After Black Friday? Let’s Talk Writing Fun!
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Hi Reader, Just in case you’re not too tired from Black Friday shopping and weeding out all those Cyber Monday emails, I’ve got something exciting to share—a fresh way to energize your writing lessons!
Introducing the Narrative Writing Prompts Story Starters with Pictures Activity, a colorful and creative tool that turns writing into a fun adventure for your elementary students. Packed with 60 vibrant background scenes and 210 coordinating pictures, this resource is designed to spark imagination and make storytelling irresistible. My students love to use these to create fun videos and stories on apps like Book Creator. Why You'll Love It:
What’s Inside? • 60 Full-Color Background Images: Stimulating scenes that inspire storytelling all year. BONUS Creative Play Idea: Add mini erasers or small toys from your local dollar store to bring the scenes to life and spark even more imaginative storytelling! Whether you’re a teacher, occupational therapist, special education instructor, or SLP, this resource is the perfect tool to: • Boost fine motor and visual perceptual skills. Ready to transform your writing sessions into a creative playground? Get Your Copy Today while it is only $3.00. You can also check out this blog post for a commercial version of this resource my students love. Let’s make this school year’s writing lessons the most fun and imaginative yet! Wishing you a season full of creativity and learning. I appreciate your interest in my resources and ideas. Email me at Cindy@CreativeCOTA.com if you have questions or ideas for future content. Cindy@CreativeCOTA LLC |
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Hi, I’m Cindy from CreativeCOTA! I’m a school-based Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with over 25 years of experience supporting preschool and elementary students. I share practical classroom ideas, occupational therapy activities, no-prep resources, seasonal learning fun, and helpful tips for teachers, therapists, and parents. My goal is to create engaging activities that build fine motor, visual perceptual, handwriting, and learning skills in fun and meaningful ways. Join at CreativeCOTA.com!
Hi Reader, I wanted to share with you the student behind this course. One of my students, a non-speaking autistic kindergartener, loved letters. I always provide them in some way during my OT sessions. During one therapy session, he recreated an entire sentence he had seen on a sign in our school using the letters from a Mellissa and Doug Puzzle. We did not have enough n's, and he hesitated. I showed him that a u could look like an n, and he finished this sentence. Only one word out of order....
Hi Reader, Today, my therapy bag includes: ✔ Magnet letters ✔ Dot stickers ✔ Plastic animals ✔ Address labels ✔ Dry-erase markers and locker magnets ✔ iPad ✔ Label maker Basically...all my favorite alternative pencils in one place. Of course, I still have the usual tools of our trade as well. I have pencils, fine-motor and visual-perceptual games, and printables as well. I've been taking pictures for the course and realizing how many tools I've collected over the years. None of them are...
Hi Reader, If you've followed me for a while, you know I'm always looking for ways to make my therapy budget go further. After 28 years as a school-based OT, I've learned that not everything has to come from an educational catalog. Some of my favorite therapy supplies cost just a few dollars! Here's what I always grab at Dollar Tree when I find it: ⭐ Blank yard sale stickers (one of my favorite alternative pencils) ⭐ Muffin tins for sorting, matching, counting, and fine motor activities ⭐...