Welcome to Mrs. Nathman's Webpage

Mrs. Nathman was awarded a B.S. in Psychology and a B.S. in Occupational Therapy.

Mrs. Nathman is the Occupational Therapist for students in the second through sixth grades.

Mrs. Nathman works on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and the best way to contact her is via e-mail at nathman@norfolk.k12.ma.us.

O.T. Self- Regulation Survey March 2017

Activities that help to promote upper body strength:

wheel barrel walking

crab walking

Twister

use a zip line at a play ground

Activities that help to promote hand strength:

using play dough or silly putty

use play dough or silly putty and add items such as small erasers, buttons, navy beans 

    and ask the child to pull these hidden items out

using a hole punch on paper or construction paper

using a clothespin to pick up items such as cotton balls or pom poms

Activities that work on fine motor skills:

Lite Brite

Pick Up Stix

Perfection

Activities that work on visual motor skills:

lace cards

scissors activities such as cutting out coupons or shapes

connect the dot activities

Activities that work on visual perceptual skills:

hidden picture activities

mazes

word searches

puzzles