With directed drawing, there is a picture or someone breaking down the picture that the client will draw into small increments. With this activity, you may start with drawing the bottom 4 horizontal lines, then keep adding on until the picture is complete. This picture...
Many of our elderly clients find this handout useful because of limited energy and ideas to make themselves food. These are easy to prepare and delicious. Keep things easier on the hands by purchasing already shredded cheese or chopped olives in the can. Share your own delicious...
If you like this you may like the Bubble Wrap Painting: Fish activity. We added a little angel fish for you to demonstrate with. OT & PT: You may have kids stand on balance beam with fish page taped to the wall and see if they can...
This is a wonderful way to incorporate fine motor coordination and tactile pressure as the child presses the painted bubble wrap to the paper then lifts it off in an upward manner (not dragging it along the page). The next step is to color/doodle and cut...
This is near the top of our favorites list! Easy to do anywhere, this includes some cards that can be posted on to your course, or given to the client to refer to (that will help with executive functioning skills), or use them as flash...
A variety of skills get addressed with this fun mapped out workout that can be done inside or outdoors. An aerial view can be a great tool for working on executive functioning skills. TIPS: - Print out the colorful map and hand it to client. See if...
Change it up for the New Year by sharing goals via rolling a ball with the message on it. Our kids had a blast with it, and they demonstrated increased visual tracking as well as writing and communication skills. Printer friendly version included. DIRECTIONS: Cut out the...
This handout should give you many ideas as to what you can use to provide useful matching challenges. Tip: With car emblems, just grab pictures from the internet and then match them to pictures of cars or descriptions of them. I used the car emblems with...
The strategies here are evidence-based and have been effective for many children. You can have kids eating adult foods such as cream cheese and stewed peppers. These are some of the strategies that we found that worked. NOTE: The approach taken is just as important as...
This is a speech therapy favorite with easy to mark off directions and an engaging picture to color. PT: You may choose to post this on a wall and then go up on tippy toes to reach the picture. Download the PDF for Park: Follow Directions...