It is fun to find out where those straws go. It is even more fun if there is a milkshake reward. Maybe you cannot provide it, but you can get a reward of sorts by sharing your own therapy creations with the team! If you like...
Tracing is wonderful for helping build fine motor coordination and help eyes track from left to right. The rockets keep it fun! Feel free to share your favorite tracing creations here on your Brilliant Therapy site. Download the PDF for Rocket Tracing...
Signs help many clients focus, organize thoughts, or keep things in mind. They can be a great addition to sensory rooms as well as obstacle courses. If you like this, you may like other signs that we have available, such as the one for washing hands. Share your...
Doing timed activities work on cognitive skills in a beneficial way. Here are some ideas that can be done in 1 minute. 1. Find items around the room and stack as many as you can in 1 minute. (plastic cups or any unbreakable items) 2. Dribble or...
Here are a few colorful and printer friendly cards that help you lend visual support. Our clients deserve every tool we can make available to help them. This just might do the trick. Enjoy! Download the PDF for Picture Cards: Wheelchair...
Easy to prepare, but great for building skills with fine motor strength and coordination, this can keep therapy fun. OPTIONS: You can use a clothes pin instead of tongs, and you can have clients pick up items that are in a variety of mediums, such as...
Balloons are easy to use for catching & throwing, Stepping over or around, balancing on your outstretched hand, dodge balloon the nurses as they walk down the hall, or dribbling in the air. They help clients of all ages to improve balance, ROM(range of motion),...
Speech therapists often forget that speech skills can be worked using sensory bins. Kids can call out colors and then retrieve them, speech cards can be hidden under rice or sand, or placed on carrot cards(instead of the animals shown) as if you are pulling...
SUPPLIES: White paper, pencil or markers, manilla folder and scissors. Easy and quick to prepare this is a therapist favorite. Clients enjoy it and improve bilateral asymmetrical integration of upper extremities (UE), UE strength, writing, coordination, mood, and visual-motor skills. OPTIONS: Instead of just coloring in the...
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...