Bowling outdoors or indoors can be fun for clients of all ages. A wonderful way to increase stamina, improve mood, positive energy, social skills, visual-motor and balance skills. You can try carrying a weighted ball and run weaving between the bowling pins. OPTIONS: You can tape lines...
The clients who love Monster's Inc., will enjoy this game. Speech therapists enjoy using it in classrooms and kids enjoy using the game at home while improving skills. Can you guess who might be behind the door? Mastermind (adult favorite) and Clue (pre-teen favorite) are two other...
This activity is rich with visual-perceptual and visual-motor skills. Look at how the kids are asked to continue the lines for the tree trunks. This alone makes this therapy craft tool worth the time. We had the tree tops already pre cut because we were...
Yarn balls are a wonderful addition to a craft or obstacle course. Making them works on finger dexterity, concentration, and visual-motor skills. This activity can support shoe tying goals, LE strengthening and coordination. DIRECTIONS: 1. Place two fingers together (option: with a piece of yarn between them...
This activity can be presented several different ways. You can read a book to get everyone in the spirit or have kids use a keyboard to write down words or phrases on the theme and print and cut them out to paste on to their...
Lunch boxes are not the only ADL item that people deal with. Try pulling things out of a wallet, purse, make up bag, pencil box, an envelope, golf bag, refrigerator, or dresser drawers. Therapists can sometimes not get to it all, so here is a...
Ruler tasks can be a struggle initially. They really target asymmetrical bilateral integration, and visual motor skills, along with digit strengthening, visual spacial awareness and organization. SUPPLIES: Ruler, paper, pencil, and patience. OPTION: If you do not have a ruler, you may be able to use a...
This is a speech favorite! Clients enjoy placing the items into the correct pocket on the wall. This takes the "boring" out of therapy. You can do many different versions for different themes, such as love, patriotic, and real versus unreal. OT: This can be adapted to...
All you need is painter's tape and you can put down your Agility Ladder. This is a must with sports training or can be adapted between parallel bars. Paper and tape is all you need to create an obstacle course area in your gym. Here are...
This works surprisingly well in the clinic or at home. All you need is painters tape and 10 sheets of paper. Share your creative ideas with your Brilliant Therapy Team and get credit! Together we are helping to make therapy better!...