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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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...
25 Oct Celery Stamping
Cutting and stamping vegetables and fruits can be very therapeutic and turning it into art is even better. This is wonderful for clients of all ages. Recommended foods to cut and stamp with are; potatoes, celery, apples, pears, melons, and broccoli....
25 Oct Tear Squares Stationary Art
This is a fun colorful and meaningful way to work on pinch strength, processing, and digital control. Clients of all ages will find this surprisingly fun. Materials: Minimum of 4 different colors of paper, and a glue stick. Directions: Place down your base paper, then take a...
25 Oct Paper Turkey Template II
This turkey craft has become a favorite due to it's colorful nature and rich skill building properties. Helpful Tips: You can teach strategies such as making a To Do list so that elements are created in the correct order (just like socks before shoes) and using...
25 Oct Paper Turkey Template I
This colorful favorite is all about cutting, coloring, and keeping the steps in mind until the end. Helpful Tips: You can color/paint the feathers, copy them on colored paper, or use real feathers. This task is a wonderful way to teach organizational strategies such as placing...
25 Oct Striped Christmas Tree Template
This activity is an absolute favorite. With line awareness, parts make up a whole, sensory components, and bilateral integration it cannot be beat! BTW You can do it with regular construction paper and you will not get the wrinkling that you see in the picture. We...
25 Oct Snowflake Patterns-EASY Level
Cutting out snowflakes helps with so many skills; parts to whole relationships, asymmetrical bilateral upper extremity skills and so much more. TIPS FOR SUCCESS: Make sure your scissors are sharp enough to cut thru more than 1 sheet of paper and if you want them to...
25 Oct Coloring: Turkey’s and Fall Leaves
Go sensory rich by placing fuzz balls, glitter, sand, and tin foil balls on to the turkey feather tips. This can keep things exciting and skill-building at the same time. Maybe you want to make a picture border with the colored leaves and put the turkey...
24 Oct Critical Thinking: Letter Size
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...