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Garbanzo Bean Sensory Bin
Today we made a garbanzo bean sensory bin. We purchased some dried garbanzo beans aka chickpeas at the grocery store. Follow these steps to color the beans: Pour the bag of beans into a plastic bag. Add 2 dashes of rubbing alcohol (I am too lazy to measure but if you wanted to measure it […]
Functional Tasks and Postural Control
Physical Therapy published research examining postural control during a functional play activity. Previous research has indicated that when motor tasks are made more relevant through functional tasks, performance improves, including in children with movement pathology. The participants in the study included 30 children with cerebral palsy who were compared with 30 typically developing children during […]
4 Steps to Calm Down, Get Exercise, Pack Up or Whatever!
I just love this idea from Dr Jean. In her blogpost, she describes how you can use this four square idea to teach children concepts about math, reading, writing and more! I thought this was a great idea for school based occupational and physical therapists as well. To start, fold a piece of paper […]
Combine Pretend Play with Drawing
I am so excited about this new download – The Crayon Cafe! Kids can play pretend while they doodle up different menu items. Plus, you can print it out for the kids on your caseload or in your classroom for them to play at home. What an easy way to send creativity, imagination and drawing […]
Unique “Treasure” Boxes to Practice Fine Motor Skills
If parents, teachers or therapists give children rewards when a goal is achieved here are 6 ideas to encourage fine motor practice when they reach into the “treasure” box: Button Bags – sew a felt bag that has a few button closures at the top. In order for the children to get the reward they […]
Coordination, Visual Tracking, Timing and More!
This fun activity encourages bilateral coordination, timing, eye hand coordination, visual tracking skills and upper extremity muscle strengthening. The key to this activity is teaching the child to hit each balloon or ball with the right hand and left in a rhythmic, controlled pattern. Have fun with it! Need more activity ideas? Turn fine motor […]
Toilet Training and Gross Motor Skills
The Functional Skills for Kids series written by occupational and physical therapy bloggers on developing 12 functional skills for children continues today with the topic of toilet training. Each month throughout 2016, we will discuss the development of one functional skill in children addressing the many components of that skill. The ability to complete the […]
Animal Tracing or Picture Poke Cards – FREEBIE
Check out these adorable tracing or picture poke cards to practice visual motor skills and finger strengthening. You can download over at YourTherapySource or here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freetracepoke.html
Flat Feet and Proximal Joint Problems in Children
Gait & Posture published research on whether flexible flat feet (FF) results in the development of musculoskeletal symptoms at joints proximal to the ankle. Using an observational study, data was collected on 95 children between the ages of 8-15 including foot posture using the arch height index (AHI), frequency of knee and hip/back pain and […]
Drawing Lines
Here is a freebie to provide some visual cues for students to draw different lines. You can download it at YourTherapySource or https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freedrawlines.html Need more practice drawing lines? Check out Lines, Lines and More Lines. This download includes 24 task cards (12 full pages) to trace lines of varying difficulty, 5 letter matching lines, 4 line racing […]