Category: Printable

10 Fine Motor Skills Activities to Use in Speech Therapy

Rachael Baethge | Posted on April 1, 2019 |

WHAT EXACTLY ARE “FINE MOTOR SKILLS” AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO DEVELOP? Fine motor skills are the coordination of small muscles in the fingers, hands, and forearms. Children need to develop strong fine motor muscles to complete essential tasks such as: holding scissors to cut, gripping a pencil to write, or “buttoning” […]

5 Fun Speech & Language Activities Using “Spider Rings”

Rachael Baethge | Posted on October 25, 2017 |

Whenever I am walking through the “dollar section” at stores my mind starts ticking away. I can’t help but think about at all of the different activities that can be done to promote speech and language development. The endless creative brainstorming is probably one of my favorite things about being a pediatric speech pathologist! This […]