This activity supports visual planning, thought organization and cognition, fine motor, grasp , writing, and emotional expression, and social skills. SUPPLIES: T-shirt, T-shirt paints, cardboard, and a pencil. You may also want to have some paper towels and swabs or tooth picks on hand to correct...
What a wonderful easy to make activity. This works on visual perception, visual processing, visual memory, cognition, grasp (if you time client placing them in front of themselves and picking them back up), visual attention to a task, writing (if they write down each object...
This fun therapeutic activity can be adapted to each child's needs. It addresses so many different skills that is worth doing. Supplies: - 2 paper plates - Markers - Snap or paper fastener - Scissors to cut out triangle hole in top plate Directions: Use the circle with pie shapes to...
Kids and parents love this colorful activity! These work great with our monster face that is attached to a facial tissue box. Print out the Monster face and cards and you are ready for therapy! OT Adaptions: Make cards that have animals on them and have kids...
If you like these activities, you will love our I Spy eBook! Some of the pages can be great for TBI clients who struggle with working memory or visual strategies such as using thier non-dominant hand to help locate or remember visual areas on the page...
Oh ya! Snow is loaded with sensory memories and this can keep kids interest by having them reach inside the bin and pull out items. SUPPLIES: small rubber erasers or items to be retrieved and fake snow that can be purchased on line OPTIONS: =Have clients pull out...
Check these out! This total body moving is great for body awareness! Kids pull up on the rope handles to keep the monster feet secured to their own. ST: Try having kids answer questions or talk while they are monster walking around....
Help kids organize their visual physical space. This can be an effective tool for those kids that touch others around them too much while standing in line. This concept can also help with where kids need to go to complete a task such as brushing...
Sidewalk obstacle courses are easy to make and fun to do for all ages. If you are setting one up indoors, you may want to use colored tape rather than chalk to mark out your course. Your course can improve, visual processing, visual tracking, balance, sensory...
Here is a favorite that can be used in many different ways. I used a discarded cardboard grid from a game, but you can use a carpet knife on cardboard from a box, scissors cutting a cereal box, or make your grid from card stock...