25 Mar Hands & Feet
Movement is wonderful especially when your body does what you tell it to do. This is designed to help brains figure it all out. See how fast you can doe each line of moves. Clap, hop, high five hands and toe touches,...
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03 Jan Place a Ghost On Each Line
This picture was used in an October themed obstacle course, where kids were able to use clothes pins to pin up multiple ghosts while balancing on a rocker board. The ghosts can be made of white card stock paper, card board with white paper glued on...
03 Jan Horseshoe
Here are some common uses for these lucky items. Clients enjoy stepping on visual points of interest but these horse shoes can be used many ways. PT: These can be a wonderful way to add to an obstacle course or provided needed interest. OT: Use for simple...
01 Jan iSPY November Maze
Looking ahead and planning is just part of why this maze can be a skill builder. Visual memory, fine motor coordination, and visual tracking will only be better with tools like this. OPTIONS: You can use this as part of an obstacle course for balance by...
01 Jan Scrabble Words
All types of clients can benefit from this, head trauma, developmentally delayed, and those needing the social challenge. PT: Let's not just have clients work on standing skills without something to do. Here is something they can do while working on standing balance or tolerance. OT: This...
30 Dec Roll & Stamp: Mini Book
This mini book series is a "must have" for pediatric therapists because there is a sheet for every skill. Whether it is speech, cognition, movement, or writing you will find a page here that you can use. Clients love it and so do therapists. We have...
30 Dec Roll & Stamp: Cut the Word
This version of Roll & Stamp is great for the creative PT who wants to motivate a kid to move. Let them pick the words they can physically illustrate such as spider walking, swimming like a fish, or moving like a tornado. OT's like the cutting...
30 Dec Roll & Stamp & Move
The wonderful world of movement sometimes need a jump start. This activity my be the tool you need to encourage a client to move or find movement engaging. Sometimes when we talk about it, imagine, and play a game about it, the movement bug bites. We...
30 Dec Roll & Stamp: Say It!
This is a wonderful way to address multiple skills simultaneously. You can easily address, impulse control, hand coordination, auditory defensiveness, body awareness, handwriting, speech, and more. This was the first Roll & Stamp activity sheet we did. Geared towards Speech Therapist tools, we soon realized that...
06 Dec Rocker Board: Crossing Midline
Crossing midline is important for not just physical benefits but also for the brain. Balancing activities also assist the brain development that affects skills such as reading, math, and activities of daily living (ADL's) such as donning socks. Balancing is also important, so this activity gets...