When using a ball with upper extremity and brain skill building we can often forget some opportunities that are out of the norm. Here are some additional ideas that do not often come to mind. -Roll a ball along one extended arm, across your chest and...
Supplies: A Stamper Pad and Stamps IDEAS: +If you want to work on body awareness, reading and writing skills, just use alphabet stamps. You can stamp the letters H,A,N,D on your hand and then write it down. +You can turn it into a balance activity by having client...
Decorating cookies is a blast. From everyday ADL skill building to planning and activity tolerance. This can have a benefit for all your clients. just remember to grade it accordingly and know what skill you will target with your client. Supplies: -Cookies -Frosting BTW Remember to check for client...
Supplies: Acrylic paint Fruit & Vegetables to clean and cut Cutting board Knife Thick paper (usually white works well) Sink and towels to clean up Optional: cookie cutters if using watermelon Fruit and Vegetables that work well for this activity are as follows: potatoes, celery, carrots, lemons, oranges, grapefruits, beets (good without paint),...
This colorful wall is inspiring and builds skills. Supplies: *Construction paper in many colors *Finger paint (acrylic) that is bright or fluorescent *Crayons *Glue or a stapler to attach it to the wall or butcher paper base *You will want to have access to a sink and may choose to...
Supplies: -white paper -white paint (basic acrylic) -1 piece of blue construction paper -1 sensory spike ball (or a small bumpy ball) -scissors (to cut eyes and mouth out of the white paper) -1 black sharpie marker -1 sandwich bag (you can cut side fins out of it) Instructions: 5 steps 1. You may...
Check out the other "Feed the Monster" who has different cards and if you find this tool useful, you may want to look at our Dyslexia e-book. Make your own tools to share with the Brilliant Therapy team and together we will make therapy better. Download PDF...
This is another fun version of Mayflower journey...
Our artsy border will help inspire the whimsical kids and get them in the mood. We have used over 300 different borders on works to keep things fresh! This is a wonderful way to get body awareness and writing skills worked on. We added some adaptive...
Here is a list of everyday classroom tools. It is so important that we give kids opportunities to search for things in the 3rd dimension. They love this task when they each have their own sheet. Stay quiet and just watch what their eyes do....