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Easy to make and a fun way to work on crossing midline, line awareness, drawing skills, and imagination communication. 3 options are shown. To cross midline, you can clip them (great for digital strengthening) and place them on another side of ones body, you can also...

Coloring is a wonderful way to warm up a conversation especially in the wintertime. Everyone loves to talk with Olaf so have fun. There are several options provided with the pdf so that you can work on more than just coloring. Maybe body awareness with...

Body Socks are a great addition to an obstacle course, providing some kids the proprioceptive feedback they need to their sensory system. Other kids prefer to be squashed between to cushions. And some kids just like both. OPTION: We had a client carry two containers filled...

Candy Corn Cut & Paste is wonderful for increasing tolerance for fine motor table top tasks, following directions, and visual-motor skills. Pre-K kids can complete it in 1 sitting and it is not overwhelming. SUPPLIES: Black construction paper, white crayon or white pencil, glue stick, scissors,...

Obstacle courses can be made from a variety of items. In this Obstacle course we used discarded containers and put a pumpkin face on the bottom of the containers and then let kids place the opening on a hook. We also, had them carry (vampire blood- water...

Here is a therapy task that addresses body awareness (especially digits), asymmetrical bilateral upper extremity coordination, hand strength, drawing, and visual motor skills. SUPPLIES: Yarn, tape (to hold down yarn ends), pencil, glue stick, 2 different colors of paper (we used yardstick for the yellow), and...

This task is a favorite with school based OT's because not only are kids motivated to write, they also get to work on spacial awareness, visual tracking, visual motor integration, fine motor coordination, asymmetrical bilateral integration, and sensory tolerance. SUPPLIES: Fork, dark colored paper, white pencil,...