Thriving in School

WE WON! What a great ending to the baseball season...if you are a Red Sox fan. Do you feel like it was all a blur? Check back on the sea...

Just Happy...We're in! "World Series week indicates that baseball is one of America's major disturbances." - Bugs Baer Eve...

I look around at my environment to help me transition to the fall season. Frankly, it is not working. Just this week on a bike ride along...

I started each day this summer with a barefoot run on the beach. What a sensory delight. The sand was freshly raked by tractors in the pre...

It has taken me a while, but I finally have to say goodbye to summer. It makes me realize that transitions can be hard. I think of the stu...

The last day of school is here. Why not celebrate with this fun activity? The movement required to make it may offset the calories in the...

How often do we evaluate students and never share the results with them? "Kids need to know themselves , and they need to know what to ...

Blogs,Wikis, RSS, Message Boards...is your head spinning yet? There are so many new technology tools we could use if we just knew what they ...

I watched the finals of the National Spelling Bee last night. After the seventh round, only one girl was left, Isabel A. Jacobson, a 14-yea...

The Hosmer student blog, Work With Wings , is a place where students can share their ideas, interests and creations. Take a look at what the...

An entire zoo made from letter forms and punctuation marks? A must see! Check out this interactive picture book called Bembo's Zoo by...

Do you want to get you students excited about writing? Here is a great free resource mentioned by the tech chicks in their recent podcast ...

By now, I hope you have explored some free podcasts through the iTunes store. Perhaps you stumbled upon this one. Grammar Girls Quick and ...

While walking the Walk for Hunger this past weekend, I had a chance to listen to some podcasts on my ipod . Have you ever heard the Tech C...

No, I am not talking about the ones eating my son's computer cable at his house in Philly, shared with other City Year volunteers. I...

Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. ...

Autism Spectrum Quarterly — the MAGAJOURNAL™ - a magazine for parents, teachers and clinicians that translates research into practice. Vis...

Gretchen Rubin has a blog, The Happiness Project , which is the title of her upcoming book dealing with the challenges of being happy. In h...

April is Autism Awareness Month. Visit the Gray Center for Social Understanding and Learning to read more. It is dedicated to improving t...

Do your searching on GoodSearch, a Yahoo-powered search engine that donates money to your favorite charity or school each time you search th...

March is the Read-a-thon month here at Hosmer School. Catch your child or grandchild reading and send them an e-card created by award winn...

Therapro After School Series for Teachers, Therapists and Parents Therapro's After School Series continues in April with a two-part sem...

How did we miss it this year? In case you are curious, National Handwriting Day was celebrated on January 23, John Hancock's birthday. ...

Want to learn how to keyboard or brush up on your keyboarding skills? Check out this website . The site contains a list of web sites that h...

The previous site also has bingo cards you can customize.

Use your child's interests to engage them in tasks. This site lets you create your own custom chore charts . You choose the theme that...

Are you intrigued by the video you watched on Dr. Temple Grandin? Here is an article she wrote on Thinking in Pictures . It is equally as ...

Why would a leaf on a path cause a cow to stop dead in its tracks? Watch this video on Dr. Temple Grandin titled "The Woman Who Think...

Another hour of light graces us in the evening. The days are getting longer. Exposure to light is known to enhance both alertness and perfo...

Honoring differences is what we strive for as occupational therapists. This starts with understanding. The blog School OT thoughts talks ab...