This turkey craft has become a favorite due to it's colorful nature and rich skill building properties. Helpful Tips: You can teach strategies such as making a To Do list so that elements are created in the correct order (just like socks before shoes) and using...
This colorful favorite is all about cutting, coloring, and keeping the steps in mind until the end. Helpful Tips: You can color/paint the feathers, copy them on colored paper, or use real feathers. This task is a wonderful way to teach organizational strategies such as placing...
This activity is an absolute favorite. With line awareness, parts make up a whole, sensory components, and bilateral integration it cannot be beat! BTW You can do it with regular construction paper and you will not get the wrinkling that you see in the picture. We...
Cutting out snowflakes helps with so many skills; parts to whole relationships, asymmetrical bilateral upper extremity skills and so much more. TIPS FOR SUCCESS: Make sure your scissors are sharp enough to cut thru more than 1 sheet of paper and if you want them to...
This is a helpful tool to see if your client has the skills needed for IADL's. Particularly helpful with TBI clients, you can better target additional skills that need to be worked on so they can be independent in their daily lives. High school students...
Writing in the clouds is a way to keep writing fun, increase awareness of what is on a page, and gage letter size. Have fun with writing only on the clouds. You can also place play doh dots on top of each cloud. Don't be afraid to...
Clients love these colorful artistic illustrations. 3 other games that you can do with them are: 1. Cut out playing cards (pictures) and place them in a deck face down. Take turns picking up a card and using it in a sentence. Who ever cannot make a...
Use the pictures and Task Box Idea List to help you create fun and effective task boxes. These work real well in the home setting and parents will easily get on board once you give them a box or two to get started. Elderly populations enjoy...
Using dots can be cost effective, fun and functional. Give some of these activities a try. PT: Dots can encourage energy and make a dull therapy room more motivating for young and old clients. Check out the basketball bounce with squares picture to motivate you. Try...
This is a wonderful guide to place near the bathroom sink. It can also be used as a guide for an activity that involves hand washing. We want to keep germs down especially in clinics, schools, and camp settings so this can help encourage thorough...