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!
One of my favorite therapy tools isn't expensive...
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Hi Reader, As I've been recording my course this week, I've been pulling out many of the materials I use every day with my students. One of my favorites? A simple magnetic alphabet letter set. I honestly use it almost every single day. I love that the letters are plastic and easy to keep clean. I dislike foam letters :) We use it for: ✔ Name writing ✔ Letter matching ✔ Uppercase and lowercase matching ✔ CVC words ✔ Sight words ✔ Building sentences It's amazing how many literacy opportunities can happen without ever picking up a pencil. If you're curious, I added the exact letter set I use, or my other favorite tools, go to my Amazon storefront. Magnetic letters are one of those inexpensive materials that have probably gotten more use than almost anything else in my therapy bag. Back to recording... Only a few more weeks to go! Take care, Some links in this email are affiliate links. If you use the link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you, which helps support my small business—thank you! |
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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 ⭐...