Color Cut Glue Scissor Practice for Fall

Color Cut Glue Scissor Practice for Fall

Fall is certainly in the air here.  The apples are starting to get picked, a few leaves are falling and pumpkins will be right around the corner. Here are three black and white activity pages to practice coloring, cutting out simple shapes, planning out where to glue the pieces (the trickiest part) and then paste the shapes together to create the Fall themed pictures: apple tree, pumpkin, and apple.  Just print and it is all set to go.

This activity encourages:

• scissor skills practice
• eye hand coordination
• bilateral coordination
• motor planning
• sequencing

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Looking for more scissor activities? Here is a Scissors Bundle from Your Therapy Source.

If you need more specific information on the development of scissor skills, check out The Scissor Skills Book. This digital download is a huge resource for anyone who works on scissor skills with children. Written by the Functional Skills for Kids (FSFK) team of 10 pediatric physical and occupational therapists with years of experience in the field, The Scissor Skills Book is the ultimate resource for tips, strategies, suggestions, and information to support scissor skill development in children.

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Teachers’ Perceptions of School Based OTs

The Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools and Early Intervention published research examining the results of a online survey completed by 47 teachers and how they perceive the role of the occupational therapist. The results revealed the following:

1.  most of the teachers viewed occupational therapists as valuable team members.
2.  the teachers reported limitations to the system that challenge collaboration.
3.  the teachers want increased communication and collaboration with the occupational therapist.
4.  school based occupational therapy was perceived as a valuable contribution to the educational team that was underutilized.

Need ideas and suggestions to increase communication and collaboration?  Here are some previous blog posts:

5 Steps to Increase Communication this School Year

5 Steps to Successful Collaboration

Tips for Scheduling Team Meetings

Just replace the word ‘parents’ with the word ‘teachers’ and get some tips for positive communication.

Reference:  Jeryl D. Benson , EdD, OTR/L, Kimberly A. Szucs , PhD, OTR/L & J. J. Mejasic , MS, OTR/L. Teachers’ perceptions of the role of occupational therapist in schools. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention. Volume 9, 2016 – Issue 3 http://ift.tt/2cBp2UG

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