Clients enjoy color, so add it when you can. Make writing practice more fun with colored paper or sticky note squares. Have clients keep their letters within the colored squares. You can gradually decrease their size so kids learn to write with smaller letters. This can...
Writing Rocks, so make it fun and more effective by combining it with play doh! All you need is play doh and a pencil. Here are 2 pdf's to keep therapy enjoyable. BTW National Donut Day is the first Friday in June! Share what you do that makes therapy...
Without spacial awareness and visual focus/tracking it is difficult to write legibly, so here is an activity that can help develop these skills. DIRECTIONS: 1. Locate the middle of the paper and draw 1 circle and then 2 more that are a bit smaller than the...
If you want to work on folding, cutting, pasting, with a pinch of sensory then this is a good one. What makes this web unique is that you can fold a regular piece of paper as if you where going to cut out a snowflake...
There are many different ways to address spacing between words or letters. Using a pencil, finger, clothes pin, cotton swab (Olaf's buddy- just put 2 small eyes on it),or stickers placed between each word can help. OPTION: Try using colored paper strips cut to fit each...
Flashlight iSpy fun is a great way to inspire kids to keep looking for things. Here they get to make their own, and as you can see, they sometimes add some embellishments such as "sea donuts" (those orange circles you see in the last picture). We...
You can adapt this tree for upper or lower case matching skills or say a letter and it's sound and place it on the tree. ST: Place apples on the tree and then a stem on top of each letter after making it's sound. OT: Have kids...
This task is a favorite with school based OT's because not only are kids motivated to write, they also get to work on spacial awareness, visual tracking, visual motor integration, fine motor coordination, asymmetrical bilateral integration, and sensory tolerance. SUPPLIES: Fork, dark colored paper, white pencil,...
Doing an activity like this can help with writing, thought organization, memory, and communication skills. We have put in 2 versions for you. Let us know which is your favorite, because together we make therapy better! Download the PDF for Title, Author, Illustrator...
Articulation goals are really addressed with this worksheet as well as writing, reading, thought organization, and coloring. It is printer friendly, so use it how you need it to meet your goals! Download the PDF for First & Last Sounds...