This activity helps with writing and critical thinking. If you are not seeing the difference between drop letters and tall letters, then correcting writing errors will be a challenge. In the school setting, letter zone awareness can be important and this task can help. To assist...
Writing in the clouds is a way to keep writing fun, increase awareness of what is on a page, and gage letter size. Have fun with writing only on the clouds. You can also place play doh dots on top of each cloud. Don't be afraid to...
Do your own or copy the fish below. You choose! If you like this, you will like Doodle Cat! You may also enjoy Bubble Wrap: Ocean. Try writing fishy things inside the fish or cut out the fish at the bottom of the page and paste them...
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...
There are many ways to incorporate ribbons & yarn into therapy. They can also be run thru a laminator and kids can follow them with their fingers. Here are some options: Yarn, ribbon, and party streamers work well for wall or floor visual-perceptual motor skill building....
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...
Use the pictures and Task Box Idea List to help you create fun and effective task boxes. These work real well in the home setting and parents will easily get on board once you give them a box or two to get started. Elderly populations enjoy...
Sometimes unexpected tools are best to build skills with. Kids usually find umbrellas fun and adding the therapy activities with it will bring lots of interest. Another Umbrella idea: Hang an opened umbrella upside down and have kids toss pennies or sock snowballs up into it....
We have included a blank template so that you can make your own patterns with the shapes and glue them in the top row of boxes and let the clients duplicate it in the boxes below. If you do not have a colored printer, just...
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...