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Board games are a great addition to pediatric therapy sessions and they can help children work on a wide variety of skills! There are many benefits that come from board games, ranging from increased cognitive function and self-regulation skills to improved language development, fine motor and visual motor abilities. Hand strength, fine motor coordination, dexterity, bilateral coordination, visual attention, visual discrimination, visual perception, sensory input, emotional regulation, reciprocal play, planning, memory, and sequencing skills are other aspects of board games that help your child develop! Who’s ready to play?! #shenandoahsoundstart #boardgamesrule #happyinpeds #winchesterslp #winchesterot #winchesterpt #earlyintervention #winchesterVA #privatepractice #learnthroughplay #playtherapy #speechtherapy #pediatrictherapy #Virginia #VA #soundstart (at Shenandoah SOUNDstart, LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxGMefB0oe/?igshid=148esm6r23qhu

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Do you remember the String game Cat’s Cradle? Did you know this can be a solo game? String games like the Cat’s Cradle help improve hand-eye coordination and help strengthen the small muscles in the hands and fingers as well as develop our in-hand manipulation skills. It is great for building on our sequencing, planning, and memory skills. Do you remember all the steps to the Cat’s Cradle? #shenandoahsoundstart #finemotor #winchesterva #ot #winchesterot #pediatrictherapy #teletherapyrocks #teletherapy #pediatricot #coordination #sequencing #planning #learnthroughplay #developmentalexercises #therapyisfun #catscradle #VA #winchester #soundstart (at Shenandoah SOUNDstart, LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDj9DxLBbW7/?igshid=1cile7tkkx9ie

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Legos! One of our favorite therapy toys. Not only is Lego building great for building the small muscles and coordination in the fingers and hands, it is also great for following directions, problem solving, planning and organizing, language development, pretend play, and strengthens our visual perception skills. Legos fosters creativity as well as academic skills such as big and small, fractions, colors, and physics or engineering skills. #shenandoahsoundstart #learnthroughplay #winchesterot #winchesterslp #winchesterpt #winchesterva #soundstart #ot #pt #slp #lovewhatyoudo #playallday #buildingblocks #va #pediatrictherapy #pediatricoccupationaltherapy #pediatricphysicaltherapy #pediatricspeechtherapy #everychilddeservesasoundstart #playgrowlearn (at Shenandoah SOUNDstart, LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPyeNvBVp1/?igshid=x2boske24n43

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Red Light, Green Light! Our mental or emotional health is just as important as our physical health in OT. Many kids struggle with self-regulation and emotional control. One way we might work on our emotional regulation in OT is through games such as Red Light, Green Light. This helps to teach kids how to control their bodies in situations, practice following directions, and control their impulses. Here we adapt our game to tie in our Zones of Regulation as well by adding two extra lights, Blue and Yellow. A yellow Light or Zone is our Slow down zone and our Blue Light or Zone, is take a break. As the game goes on, we might go faster, slower, or add in different aspects of the Zones of Regulation by identifying emotions in each zone, scenarios, or strategies. #soundstart #ot #occupationaltherapy #winchesterot #winchesterva #pediatrictherapywinchester #pediatricpt #teletherapy #therapyisfun #playtherapy #earlyintervention #otrocks #speechrocks #parentinvolvement #telehealth #teletherapyot # #shenandoahsoundstart (at Shenandoah SOUNDstart, LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAEL6YgBv31/?igshid=16g537yde2rat