08 Nov Egg Carton Flower
This spring therapy activity is fun to make and focuses on grip strength and visual awareness. SUPPLIES: Paint, paint brush, 1 green pipe cleaner, and paper egg carton....
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08 Nov Q-Tip Dandelion Painting
This activity can have many skill building qualities, such as locating a specific area on a page, pinching, following directions, and combating fear of getting hands dirty. TIPS: You may have a client locate where the center of their dandelion is going to be and place...
08 Nov Draw Ornaments Triangle Tree
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...
07 Nov DIY Snowflake Parquetry
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...
07 Nov DIY Sock Snowballs
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....
07 Nov Paper Strip Heart
Paper strip hearts are easy to prepare and are very adaptable. Writing on paper strips helps kids keep appropriate letter sizes and be more line aware. SUPPLIES: Have a paper shape (heart, whale, star, mummy man[black paper] etc.), glue stick, and colored paper strips. OPTIONAL DIRECTIONS: Have...
07 Nov Paper Strip Christmas Tree
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...
07 Nov Paper Strip Tree: Write & Talk
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...
07 Nov Square & Triangle Writing Practice
This therapy task is often used by occupational therapist wanting to work on writing, visual motor and perceptual skills. If your child is working on block letters (E,F,H, etc.) then use the square, if they are working on letters that have diagonal lines (such as...
07 Nov Umbrella 3D Picture
Supplies: Glue stick, colored paper, scissors Kids love the rain and are fascinated about using an umbrella so here is a therapeutic tool that opens the way for communicating thoughts about rain and visual-motor skills....