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!
Therapy bag... updated links (hopefully)
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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 fancy. Most are inexpensive. But together they've helped so many students discover that writing can actually be fun. I've added many of my favorites to my Amazon storefront if you'd like to browse. I'm getting closer to finishing the course every day! Take care, PS: If you are looking for a printed version of something for one of your students, check out my workbooks on Amazon. They come fully printed and delivered right to your door. P.S.S. If you found me through my free Following Directions resource and need the password for the free resource library on my CreativeCOTA website, it is getcreative (all one word, no spaces). 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, 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 ⭐...
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...
Hi Reader, Some of the pages in this Following the Directions resource have been among the most used activities with my students over the years, and it also includes Summer -themed pages that work well this time of year. These no-prep Following the Directions coloring pages were designed for my occupational therapy students to practice listening, reading, fine motor skills, and visual-motor coordination. Just print and go. Students follow step-by-step directions to complete each picture while...