Punch ball is wonderful for strengthening the upper body, working on coordination, balance, and grasp. All client ages enjoy this and punch ball can be a great addition to an obstacle course or home program. All you need is a beach ball and a rubber band! Share...
This activity uplifts the spirits and helps develop visual-motor skills, UE strengthening (especially if done at standing level with paper on a wall), and allows for creativity with varied lines. SUPPLIES: 1 file folder, scissors, paper, and markers/pencils. DIRECTIONS: Have client cut out desired shapes on the...
Stencils are fun and packed with fine motor skill building. We figured that you can make a heart, but if you wanted a shamrock it might be a bit tougher so we added it for your printable. OPTIONS: Clients often build more skills by learning how...
This is a fun way to get writing, bilateral integration, and thinking skills worked on together. SUPPLIES: White paper for a base, colored paper squares, glue stick, and a pencil. DIRECTIONS: Have clients take colored squares of paper and cut them into smaller squares by folding them...
This is a speech favorite! Clients enjoy placing the items into the correct pocket on the wall. This takes the "boring" out of therapy. You can do many different versions for different themes, such as love, patriotic, and real versus unreal. OT: This can be adapted to...
All you need is painter's tape and you can put down your Agility Ladder. This is a must with sports training or can be adapted between parallel bars. Paper and tape is all you need to create an obstacle course area in your gym. Here are...
We got the worms from the Dollar Store and placed them inside a empty water bottle. The worms move in and out of the water bottle with just the right amount of tugging. This is a clinic favorite! You can time a client or have...
This is a wonderful visual-motor activity. SUPPLIES: Fruit container (Costco has them), Acrylic paint or permanent markers to make the trail that you want the fuzz ball to travel on, and a fuzz ball. We just poured the paint trail on to the container, let it dry,...
This is an easy painting task to keep messes at bay. Two or three drops of paint is all you need to make a flower. This activity also helps with visual spacial planning and a better understanding of the shape of a circle. SUPPLIES: Fork, acrylic/craft...
Being resourceful is an important form on intelligence. Understanding how different colors can be put together to form a picture is scary at first, but then clients start talking more and become absorbed in the task. Before you know it, everyone has something that they...