26 Oct Painted Strawberry: I Love You Berry Much!
This activity is full of skill building, and has a marker instead of paint version. Some area's targeted are: Sensory, fine motor, cognition (following directions, cause & effect, parts to whole,...
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26 Oct 3 Ball Hold
This activity can be incorporated into a yoga pose or game and can be done at a seated, standing, or bed level. TIP: Light-weight ball pit balls may get dented as kids press them together to hold 3,4, and 5 balls in a row without dropping...
25 Oct Olive You Directed Draw
This activity is especially enjoyed by the older population and mental health clientele and can bring some nice smiles. Thanks to Chelsea for submitting this task! Some of the skills addressed with this are visual motor and visual-perceptual skills along with socialization. TIPS For Success: Draw your...
25 Oct Rock Wall
Rock walls help with; calming, alerting, grasp development, sensory systems, oculomotor, vision processing, visual motor, fine motor strength and coordination, problem solving, bilateral integration, reflex integration, body awareness, and so much more. The wall featured is one we made with wood purchased from Home Depot and...
24 Oct Gumball Machine
There are so many options with the Gumball Machine. OT: Use it like a craft and place stickers, spangles, dots, or write in it. You can use it for alphabet learning if that is what you are working on. You can make a themed gumball machine...
24 Oct Vision Bingo & 3 other games.
Clients love these colorful artistic illustrations. 3 other games that you can do with them are: 1. Cut out playing cards (pictures) and place them in a deck face down. Take turns picking up a card and using it in a sentence. Who ever cannot make a...
24 Oct Summary Checklist: Colored
This is helpful in home school and self-contained classrooms. Kids learn that after each subject is taught, they will need to remember 2 points that were talked about and write them in the space. These also work well laminated and used with dry erase markers. If...
24 Oct Therapy Putty Exercise Story
Additional skills that can be strengthened when using a story with theraputty combined. They can include; memory, proprioception, communication skills and much more. Hand strengthening is always so much fun with putty, but sometimes it is important to give it a new twist to keep things...
24 Oct Paper Dot Activities
Using dots can be cost effective, fun and functional. Give some of these activities a try. PT: Dots can encourage energy and make a dull therapy room more motivating for young and old clients. Check out the basketball bounce with squares picture to motivate you. Try...
24 Oct Directed Draw for Line Awareness: Mountains
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...