For some clients this is about stepping out of their comfort zone, and for others it may be about keeping an eye on the ball. Balance skills and reflexes also get a workout. Using a rocker board to stand, squat, and sit on while drawing...
ADL activities can be fun skill builders. Try matching socks, shoes, folding and sorting, buttoning and zipper practice, or just putting lids on jars and opening containers. You can even place many items in front of your client and have them fit them into a...
Play doh is a wonderful way to keep kids busy at the dinner table or as a way for grandparents to engage together with a wiggly one. Whatever setting it is used in, it helps build fine motor, hand strengthening, and visual motor skills. The texture...
Sensory rich with visual-motor, cognitive, and communication skill development added is what you get when you do this. Do not worry about the mess, it is not that bad and so worth it! This is also wonderful for building task attention, sensory tolerance, and visual-motor...
This is usually a hit in the school setting (because scrap laminate is usually thrown out) for occupational and physical therapists. Whether it is used as pretend ice skating or a relay activity across the floor, the scraps of laminate work well. They can also...
Activities like this make tracing a hand or cutting and pasting tasks meaningful which will help make stronger pathways. Understanding how parts come together to make a whole item is just another benefit to doing this task. Supplies: 1 red paper bag Red paper to trace hands...
This colorful turtle utilizes the following skills: auditory and visual processing, bilateral integration, sensory, visual-motor and grasping. Just cut and assemble using a glue stick. TIPS: It is easy for kids to misplace the back legs as was done in the picture. To pick up paint,...
Bright colored balls are wonderful with or without water. We like to use water because it increases sensory input and the balls can move around forcing increased visual tracking. It is such fun for everyone. OPTIONS: Try using tongs for smaller balls or placing large balls into...
Believe it or not, this can have relaxing therapy benefits for our elderly population. DIRECTIONS: Fold/roll bag into a long 1 inch by 1+ feet long shape. Next, wrap the long bag strip around 2 fingers stabilizing with your thumb. Finally tuck the end into the...
Due to the elevated brain activity with the use of instruments, therapists are using instrumental therapy tools more than ever before. In the featured picture, we played a song that had a beat that our clients were able to pick out, listen to and then...