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13 Balance Activities for Kids | If you’re looking for ways to develop your child’s gross motor skills at home, in the classroom, in occupational therapy, and beyond, this collection of fun games and activities are just what you need. Perfect for parents, teachers, and therapists, these core strengthening ideas will help build your child’s static and dynamic balance, while also helping with bilateral coordination. #balanceactivities #coordinationactivities #grossmotoractivities

Gross Motor Skills: 13 Core Strengthening Balance Activities for Kids

How to Help a Child with OCD at Home | If you’re looking for tips to help children with mental health disorders like OCD, this post covers it all – the signs, symptoms, therapy and treatment options plus parenting tips to help families of kids with OCD. Perfect for moms and dads who want to understand their special needs child’s obsessions and compulsions, these tips will inspire you to stop negatively reinforcing your child’s fears. #childhoodOCD #specialneeds #anxiety #anxiouschild

How to Help a Child with OCD at Home: 11 Tips For Parents

16 Sentence Building Activities | If you’re looking for ways to make learning fun both at home and in the classroom, this collection of sentence structure worksheets for kids in kindergarten, 1st grade, and beyond is a great place to start. We’ve included free printables as well as language arts bundles for kids that can be used as part of your morning work literacy activities and to create writing centers for the classroom. #languagearts #literacy #literacycenters

Sentence Building 101: 39 Sentence Building Activities for Young Learners

33 At Home Date Night Ideas for Married Couples | Babysitters are few and far between, and they aren’t cheap (!!!), but if you’re looking for ways to focus on your marriage when your kids are in bed – or need a little Valentine’s Day inspiration – we’re sharing our best simple, fun, creative, and romantic ways to spend quality time with your SO when going out isn’t an option. Perfect for newlyweds and tired parents, these ideas will not disappoint! #datenightideas #dateideas #datenightin

Couple’s Night In: 33 Budget-Friendly At Home Date Night Ideas

How to Teach a Child to Wipe Their Bottom | Many books about potty training promise you can toilet train boys and girls in 3 days but teaching your kid to wipe their butt can take much longer. Young children often don’t have the fine motor skills needed to perform the task. We’re sharing all of our tips – when to start teaching kids to wipe their own poop, tips for getting started, and some funny ideas to keep it interesting! #pottytraining #pottytrainingtips #pottytrainingtips #parentingtips

Potty Training Problems: How to Teach a Child to Wipe Their Bottom

23 Montessori Practical Life Activities | Looking for hands on activities designed for different age ranges (toddlers, kindergarteners, kids aged 3-6 and 6-9) that teach practical life skills and promote independence? We’re sharing 23 ideas for kids in Casa and Lower Elementary that teach the basics – matching, pouring, transferring, and lacing – and expand on them to develop fine motor skills and teach kids self-care. #montessori #montessoriactivities #practicallife #montessorimaterials

Helping Kids Grow: 23 Montessori Practical Life Activities We Love

60+ ADHD Diet Tips and Recipes | Whether you’re looking for menu plan ideas for kids, for teens, or for adults as a natural treatment for attention deficit disorder, this collection of breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and dessert recipes is perfect for the whole family – even for picky eaters! We’ve even included a great recipe books for smoothies to help ensure your child is getting all the nutrients he or she needs. #ADHD #ADHDDiet #ADHDKids #ADHDStrategies

The ADHD Diet For Kids: 60+ Tips and Recipes For Parents

21 Montessori Language Activities and Materials for Lower Elementary

21 Montessori Language Activities and Materials for Lower Elementary

27 Play-Doh Games or Kids | Play-doh mats are a great way to teach kids their numbers, letters, and shapes, and there are so many free printables for different themes, like the weather, the seasons, and various holidays like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter. They also help develop a child’s fine motor skills! Check out our favorite play-doh activities for fun in the classroom and at home. #playdoh #playdohactivities #playdough #playdoughrecipe #playdoughactivities #finemotoractivities

27 Play-Doh Games & Activities to Develop Fine Motor Skills [& More!]

26 Sensory Processing Disorder Activities | Looking for portable games, activities, and toys to support your child’s sensory needs at home, in therapy and in the classroom? Perfect for toddlers, school-aged kids, tweens and teens, these ideas will help parents, special needs teachers, and therapists of children with SPD and autism with exposure therapy in a fun and non-threatening way. #sensoryprocessingdisorder #sensoryprocessingdisorderactivities #SPD #specialneeds #specialneedsactivities

26 Portable Sensory Processing Disorder Toys and Activities

19 Activities for Kids with ADHD | If you’re looking for fun games and activities to help kids with impulse control and anger management while also teaching them important coping skills, like how to calm down before their emotions get out of hand, these gross motor activities are a great place to start. Suitable for use at home, in therapy, and in the classroom, these tips and ideas are perfect for parents and teachers. #ADHD #ADHDstrategies #ADHDactivities #ADHDkids #specialneedskids

19 Activities for Kids with ADHD that Burn Energy and Improve Focus

Autism and Puberty | If you’re looking for tips to help make the teenage years easier for girls and/or boys on the autism spectrum, we’re sharing 19 helpful ideas and strategies for special needs parents. We’ve included 8 things all parents and caregivers should know, 8 of the best autism and puberty books, and 11 simple ways you can help support your autistic child through adolescence. #autism #autismspectrumdisorder #autismtips #puberty #specialneeds #specialneedskids

Autism and Puberty: 19 Tips and Strategies for Parents

Play Therapy Techniques for Autism | Play therapy interventions offer a non-threatening way to help a child work through anxiety and trauma, but did you know it’s also a great form of autism therapy? We’re sharing 4 play therapy strategies plus 19 toys, activities, and games to improve pretend play, language and communication skills, emotional self-regulation, and self-control. #playtherapy #therapygames #therapyactivities #selfregulation #autism #autismtherapy #autismactivities #autismtoys

4 Play Therapy Techniques for Autism [And Why They Work]

How to Calm an Autistic Child | Perfect for kids with autism and sensory processing disorder, this collection of 31 strategies to help calm an autistic meltdown at home and in the classroom will teach you prevention techniques, tips for shortening the length and intensity of sensory meltdowns, as well as our favorite self-regulation and calming activities to bring kids (and parents!) back to a state of zen. #autism #sensoryprocessing #autisticmeltdowns #specialneedsparenting #specialeducation

How to Calm an Autistic Child: 31 Tips for Managing Autistic Meltdowns

79 Meaningful Autism Tattoos to Raise Autism Awareness | Perfect for parents and family members looking for autism tattoo designs to symbolize the love they feel their son, daughter, brother, sister, etc., these ideas will inspire you. From basic puzzle piece and autism ribbon tattoos, to watercolor autism tattoos for men and women, to unique and small autism tattoos that aren’t a puzzle piece, you'll love these designs! #autism #autismawareness #autismtattoo #tattoodesigns #tattooideasforwomen

Autism Awareness: 79 Meaningful Autism Tattoos You’ll Want to Get

Autism and Noise Sensitivity | Whether your child suffers from noise anxiety due to autism, sensory processing disorder, or as an anxiety disorder, this collection of tips and products is designed to help children with misophonia. From noise cancelling headphones to white noise machines to music streaming options, these ideas will help with exposure therapy and ensure your child is prepared in emergency situations. #autism #sensoryprocessingdisorder #misophenia #specialneedsparenting #ASD #SPD

Autism and Noise Sensitivity: 7 Tips for Kids with Sensory Anxiety

Good Behavior Charts for Kids | Looking for the best reward system for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, kids in first grade, and beyond? From our best tips for creating sticker charts, to our fave free printable behavior charts, to reward chart ideas you can use for just about anything, these DIY ideas will inspire you to replace punishments and consequences with positive reinforcement! #behaviorcharts #rewardsystem #behaviormanagement #chorechart #positiveparenting #positivediscipline

Good Behavior Charts: 28 Reward System Tips and Templates for Kids

26 Reading and Autism Ideas | Autism and reading comprehension can be difficult for parents and teachers to teach to children. Whether your child or student is a struggling reader, has difficulty with WH questions, needs help with sight words and decoding strategies, or has nonverbal autism, these special education teaching strategies and literacy activities are a good place to start! #autism #ASD #specialneeds #specialeducation #literacy #sightwords #strugglingreader #decodingstrategies

Reading and Autism: 26 Teaching Tips and Literacy Activities for Kids with Autism

Dealing with Oppositional Defiant Disorder | Parenting and teaching a child with ODD is hard, but there are many different treatment and therapy options, and this post contains all the signs and symptoms as well as 18 strategies to help parents and teachers discipline a child with ODD (and ADHD) at home and in the classroom. From behavior charts to logical consequences to anger management, these ideas are practical and effective! #ODD #oppositionaldefiantdisoder #ADHD #positiveparenting

Dealing with Oppositional Defiant Disorder? 18 Tips for Parents and Teachers

Sensory Processing Disorder and Sleep | Attention parents! If you’re looking for sleep tips and sleep products for kids with special needs like autism, SPD, and ADHD, we’ve got 19 sleep strategies and sensory products for children that work. From weighted blankets and melatonin, to essential oils and bed tents, these ideas are equal parts practical and effective! #sleep #kidssleep #sensoryprocessingdisorder #SPD #autism #ADHD #specialneeds #sensorytips

Sensory Processing Disorder and Sleep: 19 Tips and Products that Help

WH Questions Speech Therapy | If you’re looking for WH question exercises, activities, and worksheets to help with language development and reading comprehension in kids with autism and speech delays, we’ve got 15 ideas you’ll love. Perfect for kids in preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school, these speech therapy activities teach children how to go about asking and answering questions in a fun way. #WHquestions #speechtherapy #speechtherapyactivities #SLP #autism #ASD

WH Question Exercises: 15 Speech Therapy Activities and Games for Kids