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Help your Child Love School

January 7, 2017 by Amy Smith

Learn tips on how to help your child love going to school. Find out how to make learning fun and ease the anxiety of making new friends.

Kids Play Smarter is happy to introduce Tracey Clayton, a guest blogger and a mother of 3, so she knows quite a bit about kids and school. Here's her tips on helping your child love … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Handwriting Help Tagged With: learning activities, preschool, school

How to Teach Handwriting To Kids

December 29, 2016 by Amy Smith

Learn how to teach handwriting to kids so they can learn tips for writing legibly.

Unfortunately, many schools have eliminated teaching one of the most critical elements of education: handwriting.  Although children are expected to write legibly, many have never been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Handwriting Help Tagged With: handwriting, kids, school

10 Ways to Calm Down Without Anyone Knowing

November 9, 2016 by Amy Smith

Learn calming tips to help kids relax while at school, without anyone else knowing and without the need for equipment or tools.

It's not easy being a kid in schools these days.  Things like high pressure testing, a fast-paced work curriculum,  trying to "fit in", and bullying are stressful issues that kids have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sensory Regulation Tagged With: calming activities, school

Super Easy Binder Slantboards

April 2, 2016 by Amy Smith

Slantboards are excellent tools that teachers or occupational therapists often use in schools to help children's hands and wrists to get into a better position for writing which helps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Handwriting Help, Therapist's Tips Tagged With: handwriting help, school, weak hands, wrist positioning, writing tools

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Amy Smith I am an occupational therapist with over 10 years of experience working with children. I created this website to offer parents, teachers, and therapists FREE ideas, strategies, and activities that they can do with their children to improve their fine and gross motor skills, handwriting, academic learning, and regulate their sensory system all while "playing" (just playing smarter)! Read More…

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