OT for kids

It was time to take attendance for the Std 1 students. The teacher was calling out the names of the students. As she called out Miku's name, Miku was playing with his pencil, seemingly unaware of his turn to respond for the roll call. The teacher called out his name again loudly. Still, Miku kept playing with his pencil. Then, Miku's friend, Sai nudged him & asked him to respond to his name. As the teacher called out again, the third time, even louder, now, Miku responded with a "Yes Ma'am"! Now it is the English class. The teacher was calling the names of the students to come to the front  & read a story. Each had to read out one paragraph. The teacher called out loudly "Miku, it's your turn to read." Miku was looking outside the window, again unaware of what the teacher is saying. The teacher called out his name repeatedly & loudly. Yet, Miku seemed to be lost in his thoughts until the teacher came to him, nudged him & asked him to ...

Rishu's mom called "Lunch is ready. I have made your favourite noodles. Come fast before it gets cold." 5-year-old Rishu was making a house with his Lego blocks. When mom called for lunch, she immediately started disassembling her "house". Then she put all the Lego blocks inside a large re-sealable bag,  holding the bag with one hand, & putting the lego blocks inside using another hand. After making sure, she has put all her Lego blocks inside the re-sealable bag, she closed the seal using her fingers, put the bag inside his "Toy cartoon box", then ran to the dining table. There was a plate of noodles for her. She sat on her chair, adjusted it, then started eating her noodles using the fork. The dish was delicious. Rishu cleaned her plate without dropping any noodles here & there, then went to the kitchen to put the empty plate in the sink.  The above set of actions refers to a normal daily task that seems very simple to us. But, in order to pe...