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 water guns because they can really[Read More]
visual motor
Scissor Cutting Shapes: Pizza
When working on cutting skills, it is fun to create something out of what you cut. This week I had some of my students make some pizza. I made a template for the shapes needed to make the pizza, and they traced the shapes, cut them out and glued them on to their paper. I[Read More]
Ribbon Christmas Tree
This ribbon Christmas tree activity is the most awesome therapy activity ever. It incorporates practicing tying into a nice craft that looks beautiful when it is done. The kids all loved it, and they were all very proud of what they had accomplished. Most of the kids started the activity by saying that they didn’t[Read More]
Sensory Search in Rice and Beans
An activity that uses the tactile and visual motor sensory systems is to search for items in a box of rice and beans. You get a small box (shoe box size or larger) and put in some dry rice and beans so that it is about half way full. Then you need to get small[Read More]
Osmo Is an Amazing New iPad Tool For Real Life Object Manipulation
I just heard about this new iPad tool that looks like it will be amazing for therapy. It is not yet available, but you can pre-order it for 50% off, and I heard that the pre-order price is available until June 22. It is called Osmo (referral link). Osmo is a tool that attaches to[Read More]