Balance beam work is terrific for improving visual motor, body awareness, and balancing. If walking and hopping along it are too easy, try holding a ball above your head and walk backwards. OPTIONS: If you are really brave and are seeking an improved brain to feet...
Activities on a line are valuable for increasing abilities for balance, IQ (math skills), auditory processing, and they can be lots of fun! Share your own wonderful therapy activities with your Brilliant Therapy Team! Download the PDF for On A Line...
Games, tickle tasks, using feet to squish or pick up items are all wonderful activities to grow body awareness, address sensory issues, strengthen and increase range of motion (ROM) with lower extremities. Don't for get to stomp out rhythms (elderly can even do this between...
Balls are one of the most popular therapy tools and the possibilities to build skills with them are endless. Speech therapists may use them with games and velcro balls thrown at questions on a wall, occupational therapists may use them for hand strength and sensory...
Pool noodles are a wonderful accessory to any therapy gym program. They are bendable, bright colored the perfect size for balancing on. Here are some other ideas: =Split noodle down the middle and roll marbles down the center, make it a race and see visual skills...
Painters tape and some wrapped up telephone books are shown in the picture. You can also make your own blocks to jump on with duck taped notebooks or foam blocks wrapped in duck tape. (DIY blocks tutorial is on your Brilliant Therapy site.) OPTIONS: Try jumping...
Sensory Motor Lab's are a wonderful way to improve body coordination and strength, self esteem, improved lung capacity, body awareness, social skills, sensory regulation, and reflex integration. Some ideas to have in your outdoor or indoor lab are: = Zoom Ball =Parachute -we tied it to a tree...
This was developed by Dr. Sunbeck, and it has many developmental benefits, some of them are: --Improved coordination between both hemispheres of the brain. --Increased coordination and sports abilities --Improved ability to control both eyes together as well as tracking an object. --Preparation for learning --Improved concentration and reasoning efficiency Directions:...
If you can use this, then you can use the eBooks for obstacle courses! Check them out and you will be surprised at how much fun and skill-building can happen. We put a sample picture of a school obstacle course to get your creative juices flowing. For...
Here is a taste of our e-book Move & Groove May Obstacle Course. For all the support pictures just grab yourself a copy! You will love the artistic illustrations, and the notes help ensure your success. Skills built include: fine and gross motor, visual-motor, visual-perceptual, balance, strengthening,...