Make these mini sponge blocks to encourage strengthening in the fingers, visual spatial skills, visual motor skills and grading of movements. The bonus is that they are super light to carry around from school to school if you are a therapist who travels from school to school or a parent who needs to bring along […]
There are a few good apps that are free today, 2/28/14. Here they are: 1. Toca Boca Doctor: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toca-doctor/id424209938?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 – This is a great app for young children. It challenges visual perceptual skills, visual motor skills and eye hand coordination. It works well as a reward – complete a certain number of tasks and the child is rewarded with a mini […]
Here are a few ideas using calculator tape to practice visual motor skills and other developmental skills. By setting up various tasks, the child will have to cross midline, use both sides of the body, visually track the letters/numbers and use visual motor skills. Use some calculator tape to create a long line of letters, […]
Make this simple colored block game to practice in hand manipulation skills and visual perceptual skills. You can see the details and watch the video at YourTherapySource.com.
I received several complimentary games including, Shrimp Cocktail, from BlueOrange games to test out. We have been having loads of fun with it. Basically, you want to identify what matches on three cards – either color, size, number or hat style. Once you find a match for all three you grab the starfish and announce […]
Stenzzles is a new type of puzzle created by ThinkFun. I received a complimentary copy of the puzzle to review for the blog. This sports collection Stenzzles was a fun, challenging layered puzzle. Basically, you match the layers of colors in the puzzle to the picture provided. There are 8 different cards that can be […]
Here is another free printable to practice visual perceptual skills, math skills, scissor skills and categorization. You can download the freebie at YourTherapySource.
Here is a quick tip to reinforce visual perceptual skills during a therapy session or anytime. Each time the child completes a task or activity give him/her one puzzle piece. Continue doing tasks and giving one puzzle piece each time. When the entire activity is complete and if the puzzle is finished the child gets […]
Here is a fun outdoor activity for Spring that encourages fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills. Head on over to YourTherapySource.com for more details.