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...
If you do not have feathers, you are in luck with the pdf. Turkey tasks are therapy fun at it's best, so enjoy. SUPPLIES: Scissors, glue, feathers or markers/crayons, and a background paper (such as construction paper). This task will help build skills for cognition, fine motor,...
This is easy to make and can help build skills in the areas of fine motor, cognition, body awareness, thought organization, and task tolerance. SUPPLIES: colored construction paper, glue, scissors, and markers. OPTIONS: Use colored feathers rather than colored paper for the turkey feathers. NOTE: If working on...
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...
Visual memory games are fun challenges for many different clients from traumatic brain injury to developmental delay. You can play them at a baby shower or in the clinic. Clients are shown several items for about 1 minute then the items are removed from sight...
So versatile, fun, and therapy rich, this activity will make you happy you did it. Being aware of visual boundaries and learning to create are wonderful skills. SUPPLIES: Markers, 1 green paper, 1 white paper (8x11), scissors, and glue. OPTIONS: You can use stickers, spangles, or glitter...
This is a fantastic way to make your own meaningful puzzle designs. A fantastic way to work on visual perceptual and visual motor skills when you have limited resources. Watch the video to see how easy it is. All you have to do is have 2...
DIY sock snow balls are a perfect addition for skill building in a winter themed obstacle course. All you do is take a white sock and turn it in upon itself. Refer to the video for additional details....
Paper strip trees are colorful and can be made a variety of ways. This can be a meaningful way to learn about angles and cutting on a line. Angles are very important for writing letters K,Q,V,X, & Y. OPTIONS: These trees can be easily made as...
Cut a triangle and you can make a variety of trees. Trees to help with not only top to bottom orientation, but keyboarding and writing therapy fun! SUPPLIES: colored paper, glue, scissors, glitter (optional) DIRECTIONS: Fold paper in half and draw half a triangle then cut and...