This is a wonderful way to assess basic visual motor skills and make it meaningful. Some of the skills addressed are: Asymmetrical bilateral upper extremity movements, visual-motor, direction following, visual discrimination (determine which circle is bigger), cut, paste and placement of items. Another unique element with...
Therapy and giving combined, make this a therapy task worth while. Skills that are worked on include; visual motor, writing, social skills, and cognitive skills. SUPPLIES: 2 (8x11) sheets of paper (blue & white), crayons/markers/pencils, glue stick, scissors OPTIONS: Try making your own signs with the blank...
Banners are fun to make and can be done as a group activity with each client taking on 1 letter or handprint. This is another fun way to work on fine motor and visual motor skills. It also takes some hand strength to punch the...
Why did we call it the Fish Taco Swing? Because we used fabric with fish on it. Kids loved it and we had fun swinging them back and forth. They also loved the cozy feel of the fabric around them. Vestibular input to the brain is...
Fingers were made for touching. When we touch different surfaces it can assist with memory so try writing on different surfaces such as brick walls, sand, gel (place in a zip lock bag with glitter), grass, shaving cream, and play doh. We have some printable play...
Sometimes clients will forget to stay focused on all the sounds in a word. Here is an activity that brings emphasis to the end of the word. This is a critical skill for reading. ST: Fluency, Articulation, Receptive language skills OT: Writing and task attention skills Share your...
Color by sounds can be a fun way to work on auditory processing skills and combining it with a motoric response. Enjoy! Download the PDF for Color By Sounds...
Fun easy to color pictures make this a fun way to get speech blends worked on. For OT's, they will most likely use it for task attention. Download the PDF for Starting Letter Blends...
Training the eyes to process data in an organized way (from the top to the bottom of the page for example) is important. Here is another iSpy page to have fun working on these skills. Create some of your own, and share them with the team! Download...
Look and laugh could be another name for this task. Whimsical in appearance and fun to find characters, this activity is a nice way to address visual-motor skills. Download the PDF for iSpy: Happy Halloween...