What number is twice the sum of its digits?
18
Summer Reading Challenge
It can be difficult to keep children’s minds stimulated during the summer months and often many children suffer summer brain drain. One of the best ways to put a plug on this drain is to encourage regular reading. Encourage your child to set a SMART Goal for how many books they plan to read this summer and keep track using our free printable summer reading log. Be sure to build in rewards when your child is on track and when they meet their goal!
Summer Programming Note:
Summer vacation is here and we will be taking a break from our regular schedule. We will be posting some of our popular seasonal blogs just once a week throughout the summer but will resume our regular three weekly posts in September, filled with new and exciting content including our popular O-Tip of Week series.
Weekly Mind Bender
Solve the following:
Puzzle care of www.thinkablepuzzles.com
1. Sixth Sense
2. To Sum it Up
3. Blanket
4. Strong Undertow
5. Back Issues
6. Stretching the Truth
Fun Ways to Encourage Learning Over the Summer Months
It’s that time again… The report cards are done, the bell has rung, and summer vacation is upon us! Summer is a time for camps, vacations, trips, cottaging and so much more. But with all the fun in store, where do they fit in time to learn? How do we as parents make sure our kids don’t suffer summer “brain drain,” while still ensuring they get the break and vacation they need? Check out the following infographic for ideas to keep kids brains sharp while having fun this summer vacation:
Previously posted July 2017
Summer Programming Note:
Summer vacation is here and we will be taking a break from our regular schedule. We will be posting some of our popular seasonal blogs just once a week throughout the summer but will resume our regular three weekly posts in September, filled with new and exciting content including our popular O-Tip of Week series.
Weekly Mind Bender
I throw a penny six times into the air.
The penny falls six times on “heads”.
What is the probability that the penny will fall on heads for a seventh time?
When flipping a coin it is always 50%.
Summer Can be Stressful: Reduce Stress with These Top Tips
As Canadians, we are well-known for making the most of our short summer months! We often fill them with day trips, weekends away, and vacations with family or friends. However, this summer fun can also bring on “summer stress” with all of the errand running, planning, organization and co-ordination that’s required to make that summer fun possible. Everyone sees and defines “stress” differently, but whether you recognize these additional demands as being “stressful” or not, they certainly weigh on our minds and add to the mental list of things we need to accomplish and manage in our days.
So what can Occupational Therapy do to help? Stress management is one area where Occupational Therapists can make suggestions that are helpful. These suggestions can help you to get the most fun from your summer, while preventing and managing the inevitable summer stress. Below you will find some general examples of the kinds of Occupational Therapy strategies that can help you limit and manage your summer stressors.
Summer Programming Note:
Summer vacation is here and we will be taking a break from our regular schedule. We will be posting some of our popular seasonal blogs just once a week throughout the summer but will resume our regular three weekly posts in September, filled with new and exciting content including our popular O-Tip of Week series.
Happy Canada Day!
Online Learning for Dementia Patients and Their Families
Take a look at this fantastic resource, iGeriCare, created to provide further education to patients and their families after a dementia diagnosis.
O-Tip of the Week: Limit Distractions
Our O-Tip of the week series we will be providing valuable “OT-Approved Life Hacks” to provide you with simple and helpful solutions for living.
Occupational Therapists are a vital part of a team of professionals that assist with the rehabilitation from brain injury. For the month of June, Brain Injury Awareness Month, our series will be providing solutions to assist with some of the many symptoms of brain injury.
When recovering from a brain injury distractions may be more significant than pre-injury. Because of this, it can be difficult to get anything done. When attempting to complete a task try to minimize all distractions allowing your full concentration to be focused on the task at hand. Turn off televisions, radios, your cell phone and attempt to focus fully on what you need to do.