Here is a therapeutic activity that has meaning. Clients enjoy giving even when they are compromised. This activity addresses: visual-motor, visual perceptual, cognitive processing, social/emotional, bilateral integration, digital strengthening, and speech skills. Watch the videos for clarification on how to complete this activity and have fun! Download PDF...
Bubble shapes and letters are a lot of fun and can help with pre-writing skills, visual attention to a task, and color discrimination. We have included 3 different sizes depending on the fine motor coordination and visual motor skills of the client. If you have made some...
Bubble Letters and Lines are fabulous especially when you make them into rainbows. Kids love how each color adds to the rainbow effect. Download PDF for Bubble Horizontal & Vertical Lines...
These comical turkeys are fun to make and are wonderful for working on speech skills. Supplies: -Gum Drops -Tooth picks -Apple -Candy Corn Tips: Talk about how to plan where the feathers and eyes should go and then see how your client approaches the task....
This is more fun than it looks! Kids do one picture, turn it over, feel the paper bumps, and then ask to do another one. SUPPLIES: A piece of cardboard or cork board to work on, and a push pin. Directions: Place your paper pattern on top...
Runner Boy is a great game for line awareness, visual-processing, and visual-motor skill building. OPTIONS: Letter School is another app that is highly recommended by therapists. WARNING: Beware that electronics should be limited especially for kids under 5 years of age....
Cards can be used so many different ways; magic tricks, building card houses, hide and seek cards, and card games. TIPS: Make if fun and engaging and the brain will make more meaningful pathways. Here is a pdf to get you started. Download PDF for Card Games...
This task covers a multitude of skills and provides great sensory input (smell, touch, tip prehension, taste, visual, and auditory). Some of the skills it utilizes are grasp, proprioception, strength, problem-solving, impulse control, and it can work on sensory avoidance. SUPPLIES we used: marshmallows, red licorice...
This is what you want to do with kids that need to learn about tying their shoes. It is the first part of the task, tying a knot and it is wonderful because of the repetition component of this task. SUPPLIES: Ribbon pieces, tongue depressor stick...
What a wonderful easy to make activity. This works on visual perception, visual processing, visual memory, cognition, grasp (if you time client placing them in front of themselves and picking them back up), visual attention to a task, writing (if they write down each object...