Sometimes unexpected tools are best to build skills with. Kids usually find umbrellas fun and adding the therapy activities with it will bring lots of interest. Another Umbrella idea: Hang an opened umbrella upside down and have kids toss pennies or sock snowballs up into it....
We have included a blank template so that you can make your own patterns with the shapes and glue them in the top row of boxes and let the clients duplicate it in the boxes below. If you do not have a colored printer, just...
With directed drawing, there is a picture or someone breaking down the picture that the client will draw into small increments. With this activity, you may start with drawing the bottom 4 horizontal lines, then keep adding on until the picture is complete. This picture...
Many of our elderly clients find this handout useful because of limited energy and ideas to make themselves food. These are easy to prepare and delicious. Keep things easier on the hands by purchasing already shredded cheese or chopped olives in the can. Share your own delicious...
Feet enjoy these workouts! Many of these activities can be done seated. They help strengthen muscles and coordination so that walking and sports are easier. Download the PDF for Fancy Feet Activities...
We often forget to add smells into the sensory planned activity. If a kid eats a tiny bit, no worries. This can be fun to make or use for fine motor and strengthening for young and old clients. Download the PDF for Cranberry Dough...
Cut out the arrow or decorate it. Use it to communicate where someone is supposed to look. Ideas: Cut & Color, Decorate, Draw around it, making it larger with different colors, Put food on it and eat if from the stem to the point, or use...
If you like this you may like the Bubble Wrap Painting: Fish activity. We added a little angel fish for you to demonstrate with. OT & PT: You may have kids stand on balance beam with fish page taped to the wall and see if they can...
This is a wonderful way to incorporate fine motor coordination and tactile pressure as the child presses the painted bubble wrap to the paper then lifts it off in an upward manner (not dragging it along the page). The next step is to color/doodle and cut...
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...