Fingers were made for touching. When we touch different surfaces it can assist with memory so try writing on different surfaces such as brick walls, sand, gel (place in a zip lock bag with glitter), grass, shaving cream, and play doh. We have some printable play...
Training the eyes to process data in an organized way (from the top to the bottom of the page for example) is important. Here is another iSpy page to have fun working on these skills. Create some of your own, and share them with the team! Download...
Look and laugh could be another name for this task. Whimsical in appearance and fun to find characters, this activity is a nice way to address visual-motor skills. Download the PDF for iSpy: Happy Halloween...
Both young and elderly clients enjoy making kabobs and they are a wonderful way to build fine motor and ADL skills. OPTIONS: You can place a variety of foods on skewer sticks such as; pineapple, cheese, meat, berries, grapes, apples, marshmallows and more. Young clients can...
Paper bags can be an easy way to get creativity rolling and keep the interest up. Fine motor skills and visual motor skills can be put to use decorating bags and then sharing what that animal or muppet might say. SUPPLIES: Bag and glue. All other...
Build-A-Square is a wonderful way to build skills with the pre-writing client. Line awareness is the key here. Visual attention to lines and understanding them along with visual-motor skills make this a solid task. OPTIONS: You can have colored paper strips that are parts of letters...
Blowing bubbles, paper whistles, and paint on paper are just some of the ways we can encourage oral muscle tone. OPTIONS: Use straws with different diameters and blow fuzz balls across different surfaces including water. You can also blow different items such as feathers, napkins, facial...
Fling them, flop them, step on them, balance them on your head or back of your hands and feet. Whatever you do, bean bags make you smile while you work on skills such as balancing, body awareness, strengthening, and ROM. OPTIONS: A bean bag activity that...
Trail mix with a an engaging story is all you need to get the sensory avoiders to join in with this nibbling task. No Hands are needed, just bend over and taste items and identify them. SUPPLIES: Food, such as trial mix, clean table, and paper...
Being able to copy tasks such as drawing is a very important skill. Here are some ideas. Have your client duplicate what they are shown, this can be a calendar, pattern, or placing items in a row on a skewer stick. This can help with thought...