01 Oct Alerting Activities
If you like this you will like our Calming Activities poster page as well. Check out our Reset Station and other sensory related e-books. Download the PDF for Alerting Activities...
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01 Oct Calming Activities
Post this up for assisting personnel and it can help your therapy session be more intentional. Check out our other charts or our e-books on sensory modulation. If you like this, you will like Brilliant Therapy's Reset Station and other sensory related e-books. Download the PDF for...
27 Sep Colored Balls Writing Prop
This can be used in a variety of ways depending on what skills you are targeting. = You may have kids look for a number of items and color a dot that represents each item singled out. Then use the dots to remember what they saw...
27 Sep All About Me (3 skill levels)
This is very helpful with therapy groups with varying skill levels. Download PDF for All About Me (3 skill levels)...
27 Sep Directed Draw Bug
This activity is wonderful for following directions, line imitation, far point copy, visual-perceptual and visual-motor skills. It also works on asymmetrical bilateral UE coordination (cutting skills), paper orientation, and every bug looks wonderful. Supplies: 1. 3 colored sheets of paper (blue, light green, darker green) 2. 1 sheet...
26 Sep Curly Paper Hair Clown
This is such fun, especially if you have super bright colored paper strips. Kids usually want to keep it and are motivated to do it several times until they can curl the paper on their own. Great for dexterity, finger strength, direction following, bilateral coordination...
26 Sep Paper Squares Mandala
This therapy activity works on many skills including, visual-perceptual(several different areas including saccades), visual-motor, spacial awareness, patterning, and grasp skills. This therapy tool works for all ages and usually becomes one of the favorites. SUPPLIES: Black paper, colored paper squares, glue, and white/yellow crayon is optional...
26 Sep April Obstacle Course Ideas
Obstacle courses should be changed frequently to continue to build skills, use a variety of muscles, and build a variety of neurological pathways. If there is a particular challenge it is fine to keep it again in your next course until better mastery is achieved....
26 Sep Smart Board Directed Draw: Fish
Directed drawing is a wonderful way to build skills. It can build visual attention, visual-perceptual, visual-motor, visual memory, thought organization, body awareness, attention span, social and grasp development skills. DIRECTIONS: Be slow and deliberate with presenting each line that is drawn. Demonstrate and say what you...
26 Sep Nature’s Visual Attention Task
Just a reminder to keep on the lookout for creepy crawling creatures. Kids will give more visual attention to this than many activities that you come up with, and they can facilitate great conversations! OPTIONS: Earthworms, chickens, goats, miniature horses, guinea pigs, and bearded dragons are...