Be creative when making your outdoor obstacle course. These can be for kids of all ages and wheelchair friendly. Items you might use are: tires, pool noodles, tape, cups, chairs, mats, bolsters, kiddie pools, exercise balls, animals, balloons, watermelons and cookie cutters, pastels and paper, paint,...
Music is highly underutilized in therapy programs considering that music is the only sensory input that fires in all areas of the brain simultaneously. This is huge for memory, concentration, and sensory regulation. You may also find our Treehousekidsmusicallearning.com helpful. It is designed to help with...
Signs help many clients focus, organize thoughts, or keep things in mind. They can be a great addition to sensory rooms as well as obstacle courses. If you like this, you may like other signs that we have available, such as the one for washing hands. Share your...
Foot activities are endless. Here are some more ideas: 1. Jump up and down a line onto different heights or sensory strips (carpet pieces, bubble wrap, sand, etc.) 2. Pedicures 3. Theraband-flexing and extending ankles 4. Stepping over pipe cleaners or balloons 5. Picking up socks, fuzz balls, marbles, etc....
Here are a few colorful and printer friendly cards that help you lend visual support. Our clients deserve every tool we can make available to help them. This just might do the trick. Enjoy! Download the PDF for Picture Cards: Wheelchair...
Social skills are important for success, so here is an activity that focuses on just that! Throw in some visual motor skills and you have therapy fun. SUPPLIES: markers/crayons or colored pencils, scissors, glue, and colored paper. OPTION: You can also make a necklace. DIRECTIONS: Let the kids...
Balloons are easy to use for catching & throwing, Stepping over or around, balancing on your outstretched hand, dodge balloon the nurses as they walk down the hall, or dribbling in the air. They help clients of all ages to improve balance, ROM(range of motion),...
Speech therapists often forget that speech skills can be worked using sensory bins. Kids can call out colors and then retrieve them, speech cards can be hidden under rice or sand, or placed on carrot cards(instead of the animals shown) as if you are pulling...
Egg cartons are free and can be used many ways. You might like to try some of the options we provided on your printable. Let fine motor and thought organization run wild! OPTIONS: Ice cube trays work well and you can have clients use tongs to...
This is a wonderful way to create interest in writing, talking and imagination. Interested clients will want to struggle to fold the paper, create a dialogue, and smiles will follow. Directions: Take a piece of paper and make 2 center folds (you may use a ruler...