Fun for kids and helpful for fine motor skills, following directions, and celebrating a number such as 100 for 100 days into the school year. SUPPLIES: Paper plate, scissors, glue, green paper, red felt. OPTION: We used a dry erase marker on the desk to write down...
Task boxes are wonderful for clients allowing them to see what has to be done and getting a visual of how they are progressing. This can build cognitive skills as well as fine motor and visual motor abilities. Task boxes are a wonderful addition to a...
Elderly clients often struggle especially when they are left living alone making cooking difficult for a variety of reasons. Here are some ideas that might help them make a dish with little preparation time. It can be difficult to cook for just one person, so...
Whether you cut grapes in half or stamp with bread or watermelons it will be sensory filled therapy fun! Just in case you want to increase visual motor skills by having kids stamp in a designated area, we added a pdf. Download the PDF for Food Stamping...
Washing them, petting them, styling them, dressing them, caring for them, and sharing them. All of it is therapeutic for all ages so use animals when you can. They are a tool underused and never out of style! From Bearded Dragons to Sugar Gliders. Therapists' used...
Tong activities are endless. Whether it is plucking plants or items floating on water, eye hand coordination and strength are sure to improve. More Tong Activity Ideas: =Salad tossing =Pulling pipe cleaner from a colander =Pick out items floating on water =Picking out items to eat from trail mix spread...
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...
Oh what fun to use bread bag twists. They are free, intriguing, and build useful skills. Have a bunch of bag twists and see how many can be fastened to bags or even have clients place an object into each bag. If you like this activity, you...
An ice cube tray or egg container can be useful for several OT and Speech activities. Here are a few ideas: OT: 1. ADL: Organize pills, To-Do-List, and snack measurer,...
Stencils are fun and packed with fine motor skill building. We figured that you can make a heart, but if you wanted a shamrock it might be a bit tougher so we added it for your printable. OPTIONS: Clients often build more skills by learning how...