Bright colored paper and using the circles template strategy will give this guaranteed success. We have included a game idea as well that occupational and speech therapists will like. ST: Why not place all the flowers you make on the table and have clients try to describe...
This beautiful activity incorporates tactile, visual, and motor coordination in a wonderful way. SUPPLIES: Colored paper, pipe cleaner, and glue. (you can also add glitter) This springtime favorite teaches strategies for uniformity with writing and can support drawing tasks by using a circle. We have included the...
Sensory rich with visual-motor, cognitive, and communication skill development added is what you get when you do this. Do not worry about the mess, it is not that bad and so worth it! This is also wonderful for building task attention, sensory tolerance, and visual-motor...
Activities like this make tracing a hand or cutting and pasting tasks meaningful which will help make stronger pathways. Understanding how parts come together to make a whole item is just another benefit to doing this task. Supplies: 1 red paper bag Red paper to trace hands...
This colorful turtle utilizes the following skills: auditory and visual processing, bilateral integration, sensory, visual-motor and grasping. Just cut and assemble using a glue stick. TIPS: It is easy for kids to misplace the back legs as was done in the picture. To pick up paint,...
Tongs are a wonderful way to increase interest, hand strength, proprioceptive feedback, and work on visual-motor skills. OPTIONS: Try having clients pick up, toast from a toaster, finger foods such as trail mix, pipe cleaner that is stuck in a colander, squishy toys, or fuzz balls...
Bright colored balls are wonderful with or without water. We like to use water because it increases sensory input and the balls can move around forcing increased visual tracking. It is such fun for everyone. OPTIONS: Try using tongs for smaller balls or placing large balls into...
If you do not have feathers, you are in luck with the pdf. Turkey tasks are therapy fun at it's best, so enjoy. SUPPLIES: Scissors, glue, feathers or markers/crayons, and a background paper (such as construction paper). This task will help build skills for cognition, fine motor,...
Visual memory games are fun challenges for many different clients from traumatic brain injury to developmental delay. You can play them at a baby shower or in the clinic. Clients are shown several items for about 1 minute then the items are removed from sight...
Sensory Motor Lab's are a wonderful way to improve body coordination and strength, self esteem, improved lung capacity, body awareness, social skills, sensory regulation, and reflex integration. Some ideas to have in your outdoor or indoor lab are: = Zoom Ball =Parachute -we tied it to a tree...