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 Line Awareness Samples
A simply captivating way to learn about lines. We traced objects, drew basic shapes and then kept drawing parallel lines within the shape. This is a wonderful tool for all ages, and it is a spectacular way to engage visual attention, coordination, and increase line...
01 Jan iSPY Look & Find
These iSPY tools are so much fun! Write in hash marks or numbers, tape this to a wall for upper body strength and tolerance, or just to have fun away from electronic devices. The whimsical drawings can make you smile and imagine and that is a...
01 Jan Marker Grid
What is cool about this sheet is that you can laminate it and using a dry erase marker make dots, dashes, shapes, letters, whatever you want on your side of the grid. Then you let the client duplicate it one of two ways. They can...
01 Jan Letter Dots: Bird
If you like this tool, you may like Letter Dot Doodle. Parents: This is fun to use the paint stampers with. Have your little ones stamp each dot from top to bottom. Then incorporate other skill development or use it as a tracking device to see...
05 Jan Direct Draw Reindeer
Directed drawing helps clients of all ages. Kids enjoy this particular picture, but you can break down any pictures and have your clients imitate what you show them. All you do is start by drawing a simple line or shape in the picture and let them...
05 Jan Direct Draw Turkey
Directed drawing is a wonderful way to build skills and have fun at the same time. Spacial awareness, thought organization, direction following, visual motor integration and coordination are just a few things that are developed with this task. Here is a turkey picture idea. Direction Idea: You...
24 Dec Fruit Loops On Spaghetti Sticks
This can be easily adapted to work on fine motor coordination or sensory defensiveness and oral musculature. SET UP: We used a piece of packing foam (free from target or TJMaxx ) and poked uncooked spaghetti into it. Then let kids stack as many as they...
11 Dec Penny Spinning Toys
These are definitely worth doing. Upper body strengthening (including digits), coordination, and visual motor skills get a workout and it is so much fun! SUPPLIES: cardboard(we used a discarded box), scissors, and a coin (penny, nickel, or quarter). Colored paper and glue is optional. DIRECTIONS: Using the...
06 Dec Painted Pine Cones
Painting pine cones can be meaningful and fun for clients of all ages and this activity works on a variety of skills such as standing tolerance, balance, visual-motor, and communication skills. You can place them in a decorative bowl with lights or hang them on a...