A tea party is fun for both young and old. It is even more fun when you use a nice china tea set and fancy linens. It can be really fun and motivating when real food and real drink is used. Preparation and clean-up is of course a big part of the activity, and can really target[Read More]
Activities
Mancala
Where has this game been all my life. Actually, I played this game as a kid, and I have played it as therapy in the past, but I just re-discovered it as a therapy activity. It is a perfect game for in hand manipulation skills or for fine motor in general. You could also work[Read More]
Cootie Catcher (Fortune Teller)
Any square piece of paper can be made into a Cootie Catcher. Fold two corners together and crease firmly. unfold. Then fold the other two corners together and crease again. Fold each corner point into the center. flip it over and fold all four of these corners into the center. Under the inside flaps, you[Read More]
cootie catchers
Today we did cootie catchers. I spent some time making a template. I will upload that with pictures and directions tomorrow.
Drawing flowers and cutting
I often as a basic skills task have my students draw flowers, color them and then cut them out. It is a task that I can have most of my kids in therapy do and then modify it for difficulty and change things if I want to work on one specific thing. Sometimes it can[Read More]