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Activities, child, elementary school age, Gait, games, gross motor, hand strengthening, lower extremity strengthening, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, PT, Trunk strengthening, tween - middle school, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Using a Water Gun to Propel a Ball

Water guns are a great finger strengthening tool, and when it gets hot, water is a welcome part of therapy. I had used water guns to fill up a cup with water and make a ping pong ball rise. I was trying to think of other activities that use…

Activities, adult, bimanual, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, games, gross motor, lower extremity strengthening, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, preschool, PT, Range Of Motion, Sensory, teenage, toddler, Trunk strengthening, tween - middle school, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Balloon Volleyball

Balloon Volleyball is such a simple game to play that is fun for young and old. It can be played standing up or sitting down, although when sitting down, someone will need to retrieve the balloon when it is out reach. I don’t think I need…

Activities, child, elementary school age, equipment, equipment, gross motor, lower extremity strengthening, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, preschool, PT, sensory motor, teenage, toddler, tween - middle school

Making a Crash Pad

A crash pad is a big foam filled squishy mat that you can fall onto and you land on the squishy foam. Crash pads are great fun for kids who like a lot of movement and body input since they can roll around in the big foam nest. Kids need to always…

foam shapes and squigs are great to put on the glass

Activities, child, Crossing Midline, equipment, fine-motor, Fun Foam, gross motor, Materials, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, preschool, PT, Reach and grasp

Fun foam on the Mirror

One of my absolute favorite activities with young kids is playing with fun foam shapes on a mirror. It works well in the bathtub, shower, or on a glass door too. You spay the glass surface with water (great squeezing activity) and then the foam…

Activities, adult, child, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, games, gross motor, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, PT, Range Of Motion, sensory motor, summer, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Keeping Active in the Summer: Tennis

It is Summer and the kids are out of school. During school, the kids have recess and P.E. most days so they stay relatively active and work on many skills during school. In the Summer, if left to their own devices, many kids will choose…

Activities, ADL, bimanual, child, dressing, elementary school age, fine-motor, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, Product Review, tying

Shoelaces to help with learning to tie shoes

I love sharing products that were created by therapists. Last year I did a post about some little practice shoes called Loopers Laces. The practice shoes were not meant to be worn, but just meant to be practiced with and help with the process…

Activities, child, elementary school age, motor planning, pool noodle, preschool, Range Of Motion, toddler, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Pool Noodle Batting and Hitting Suspended Balls

Pool noodles make great bats, and have several factors that make them perfect for the job in therapy. You can cut them to just the right length for the person using them They are soft so if you get hit by it, it won’t hurt you They…

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, elementary school age, equipment, favorite toys, gross motor, lower extremity strengthening, Motor Planning, motor planning, OT, preschool, PT, toddler, Trunk strengthening, upper extremity strengthening, visual perceptual

Using a Water Gun to Propel a Ball

Balloon Volleyball

Making a Crash Pad

Fun foam on the Mirror

Keeping Active in the Summer: Tennis

Shoelaces to help with learning to tie shoes

Pool Noodle Batting and Hitting Suspended Balls

Using Sidewalk Chalk and Squirt Guns for Fine Motor

Cardboard Bricks

Toss Across

Twister with a Twist

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