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Activities, adult, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, gross motor, OT, Range Of Motion, Trunk strengthening, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Seated Balloon Volleyball

I have been working in skilled nursing this summer, and it is very different from the therapy that I do with kids. There are some things that transcend age groups though and that people want to have fun. What is fun for a child is not necessarily…

Activities, activity printable, bimanual, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, Free Printable, games, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, Printable, Reach and grasp, Recycled, recycled, Scissor Cutting, sensory motor, Trunk strengthening, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Angry Birds Toss Game

Throwing bean bags into a container is great for visual motor control, and even better when you have to aim at a specific target, such as toss across or similar game. I ran across these angry birds dog toys at walmart, and they are the…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, favorite toys, fine-motor, Motor Planning, OT, Range Of Motion, Reach and grasp, toddler, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Using a ball ramp to work on fine motor and visual perception

I have a little girl that I work with who needs to work on her fine motor precision and visual perception. The perfect toy for her to play with and work on these is a marble ramp, but she puts things in her mouth, and I am afraid that one…

Activities, bimanual, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, games, Motor Planning, OT, preschool, visual perceptual

Jelly Fishing With Two Butterfly Nets

This activity evolved from another activity, and the child who was doing it thought it was so much fun. We had been playing with plastic bugs, so I got out the butterfly nets, but it was too hard to catch the bugs or the balls in the nets when…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, hand strengthening, Handwriting, lower extremity strengthening, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, PT, Range Of Motion, Reach and grasp, Trunk strengthening, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Using Sidewalk Chalk and Squirt Guns for Fine Motor

Playing with sidewalk chalk can work on and use a lot of different skills during therapy, and is a good activity. Using short pieces of chalk forces the fingers to use a tripod grasp, by using the index, second finger, and thumb. Writing on…

Activities, bimanual, child, Craft, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, holiday, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, scissor cutting, season, Shapes, spring, visual perceptual

Flower Bouquet

Here is an activity to make a paper flower bouquet. I created some flower templates, but my daughter said that they were too hard, so I simplified them, and these ones are much easier. You could print the template one time onto card stock and…

Activities, bimanual, child, christmas, Craft, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, hand strengthening, Handwriting, holiday, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, scissor cutting, visual perceptual

Making Christmas Trees with torn paper

I did this activity on Monday. I used the christmas tree cutting template that I made. We cut out the shapes and glued them in place on one side of a piece of paper. On the other side of the paper, I made lines to write on. My client…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, OT, preschool, Reach and grasp, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Lincoln Logs

A lot of typical play activities can be considered therapy. Lincoln Logs are a classic toy that incorporates all of the best parts of playing with toys. They use imagination, and when building your house, you use visual perceptual…

Activities, adult, child, Clothespin Activities, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, hand strengthening, Handwriting, OT, scissor cutting, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Mancala played with pom poms

I wanted to play a game with a student that would use spring clips in order to work on finger strengthening. I got little pom poms at michael’s (a craft store), and we played the game of Mancala . Her hands were quite tired by the…

Activities, bimanual, child, christmas, Craft, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, Handwriting, holiday, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, scissor cutting, season, Shapes, visual perceptual, winter

Scissor Cutting: Snow Man Template

Here is a snow man template to color and cut. The client has to draw the face and add any extra accessories. Here is a picture of the template. Here is a PDF file for the snow man template.

Activities, bimanual, child, christmas, Craft, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, Handwriting, holiday, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, scissor cutting, Shapes, visual perceptual

Scissor Cutting: Christmas Tree

Here is a Christmas tree template for coloring, cutting and putting together. First the finished product. Next, the template. I have the template both plain white, and in colors. Here is the PDF file for the colored template. …

Activities, child, christmas, Craft, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, holiday, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, scissor cutting, visual perceptual

scissor cutting: gingerbread man

I have been working on some new printables to cut out with scissors and paste together. It is time to get into the winter and holiday spirit, so here is my gingerbread man. First is the finished product. Here is the template to color…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, games, in-hand manipulation, Motor Planning, OT, preschool, Product Review, Reach and grasp, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Dominos

When playing dominos in therapy, we don’t usually play the game of dominos . Instead we line them up to knock them over. Lining the dominos up on end requires fine motor precision in getting them to stay in place. It also takes eye hand coordination…

Activities, bimanual, child, Craft, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, Handwriting, Motor Planning, OT, Sensory, visual perceptual

Wikki Stix for fine motor and writing

Wikki Stix, in case you haven’t heard of them, are string that are covered in colored wax. They are bendable, sticky, but easily pulled apart, and can bring hours of entertainment. In fact, I am not sure what category they fit in because they…

bimanual, Crossing Midline, equipment, favorite toys, Gait, Motor Planning, OT, PT, Reach and grasp, Sensory, Trunk strengthening, upper extremity strengthening

Shopping Cart

A toy shopping cart is a very necessary piece of equipment when working with pediatrics. It can be used for many things during imaginative play, and makes the child forget that they are working. When you go shopping, you can work on walking…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, in-hand manipulation, OT, preschool, Product Review, Reach and grasp, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Connect 4

An Occupational Therapy clinic can not function without this game. That may be an over statement, but Connect 4 certainly does work on a lot of OT skills. You have to pick up the checker-like pieces and reach up and slide them into the slots…

Activities, bimanual, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, hand strengthening, in-hand manipulation, OT, visual perceptual

Build Me a Castle

No therapy gym should be complete without some legos and duplos. They are the quintessential fine motor activity. If you follow a pattern or design, they are good for developing visual perceptual skills as well. Even without making something…

Activities, child, Clothespin Activities, Craft, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, hand strengthening, OT, preschool, upper extremity strengthening

Clothespin Uno revisited

I have created my permanent clothespin UNO board, and had my daughter help me paint it and put the Velcro on it. I used $1.00 wood craft frames from Michaels so that when pinching the clothespins it will be easy to do because of the hole.…

Activities, bimanual, Craft, Crossing Midline, Duck Tape, fine-motor, Fun Foam, hand strengthening, Motor Planning, OT, visual perceptual

Foam and duct tape pencil case

This craft is to make a pencil case out of a sheet of craft foam and duct tape. It is very quick and easy to do, and it is not messy. It does take some skill to put the duct tape in the right places. We used colored duct tape from Michael’s…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, hand strengthening, Handwriting, OT, preschool, toddler, upper extremity strengthening

Let’s Write On the Door

The sliding glass door that is. With washable markers please. I will not be held responsible for the permanent marker on your walls. Writing on a vertical surface is great practice because it puts the wrist into extension and strengthens…

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, favorite toys, fine-motor, in-hand manipulation, Motor Planning, OT, preschool, Product Review, Range Of Motion, toddler, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Marble Maze

Keep in mind that marbles are a choking hazard so you have to watch little ones around them. That said, little ones love watching the marbles go down the ramp. There are some ramps with larger balls that are safe for the younger set. There…