Grip Strength of Children Decreased grip strength is frequently present in children referred to occupational and physical therapy. How do you measure the grip strength of children during your evaluations or annual reassessments? Do you use clinical observation to determine if the child’s handgrip strength is poor, fair or normal? Perhaps you assess functional skills […]
Clip Cards for Hand Strengthening Have you ever tried clip cards for hand strengthening? Clip cards are task cards for children to mark the correct answer using a clothespin. The opening and closing of the clothespin encourages hand strengthening. In addition, academic material can be reviewed such as colors, letters, numbers and letter sounds. This […]
Hole Punch Free Printable – Hungry Monster With October right around the corner, I thought you might like some fun Halloween activities. Help the hungry monster eat the correct candy by punching out the holes that match the candy he is eating. This hole punch free printable (download access at bottom of post) helps children […]
Pediatric therapists, parents and teachers use homemade play dough recipes daily. Here is a collection of fun ones from the Internet to explore. 1. Recipes for Sensory Fun: This is a nice 5 page download created by a therapy company to hand out to parents. 2. Nuture Store – Let’s Play with Dough – includes […]
I am so excited about this new download, Visual Perceptual Clothes Pin Games, that combines visual perceptual skills, hand strengthening and play skills. The first game is the Dinosaur Shadow Game. It includes four different dinosaurs to pin your clothes pins on if your dinosaur matches the shadow on the board game. The next game […]
Create these homemade painting tools with cardboard, scissors and clothes pins. Children will practice cutting skills, hand strengthening and visual motor skills with this painting activity. Watch the video at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/videopaintingtools.html [subscribe2]
Here is an activity that encourage fine motor skills, muscle strengthening and visual perceptual skills. Watch the video on how to make and use this geochalkboard to review academic material.
Water Squirt Race