Cards are easy to use and take very little storage space. Therapists like them because there are so many different tasks they can do to work on skills such as memory and fine motor manipulation and thought organization. Here is a printable that has some options...
The clients who love Monster's Inc., will enjoy this game. Speech therapists enjoy using it in classrooms and kids enjoy using the game at home while improving skills. Can you guess who might be behind the door? Mastermind (adult favorite) and Clue (pre-teen favorite) are two other...
This activity is rich with visual-perceptual and visual-motor skills. Look at how the kids are asked to continue the lines for the tree trunks. This alone makes this therapy craft tool worth the time. We had the tree tops already pre cut because we were...
This activity can be presented several different ways. You can read a book to get everyone in the spirit or have kids use a keyboard to write down words or phrases on the theme and print and cut them out to paste on to their...
This is a speech favorite! Clients enjoy placing the items into the correct pocket on the wall. This takes the "boring" out of therapy. You can do many different versions for different themes, such as love, patriotic, and real versus unreal. OT: This can be adapted to...
This is a wonderful visual-motor activity. SUPPLIES: Fruit container (Costco has them), Acrylic paint or permanent markers to make the trail that you want the fuzz ball to travel on, and a fuzz ball. We just poured the paint trail on to the container, let it dry,...
Being resourceful is an important form on intelligence. Understanding how different colors can be put together to form a picture is scary at first, but then clients start talking more and become absorbed in the task. Before you know it, everyone has something that they...
Kids like to make animals and helping them understand how parts come together to make an animal have a great cognitive benefit. SUPPLIES: =Small cupcake bake cups =Construction paper for legs, ears, tail, and eyes =1 Fuzzball for a nose =Glue stick [you may want a drop of glue for...
This activity is a winner. As you can tell, it allows for individuality and skill building all in one shot. It can also work for grandparents day! Supplies: -1 Paper Plate -Green & White Paint (or just light yellow and/or light green paint) -scissors -1 marker (for writing) - pipe cleaner...
DIY finger or foot twister can be a quick-therapy game to set up. Supplies: 4 colored highlighters/markers Paper ( colored paper if doing foot twister on a wall optional- laminate the paper after placing dots on Use a spinner or make one with a paper plate and snap or paper...