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Activities

Activities

Recycling Dried Markers

February 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Recycling Dried Markers

If you haven’t picked up on it by now, I really love it when activities can span across multiple weeks and have multiple steps and goals that shift and change each week. I feel like it […]

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Glow Stick Party

February 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Glow Stick Party

In January, in my therapy gym, we decided to have a glow stick party. Technically there was no “reason” for this other than that it was fun and changed up the pace a little bit, […]

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First, Core & Upper Arm Strength

January 26, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on First, Core & Upper Arm Strength

Before a child is ever able to write, and before they learn to control the small muscles of their hands, they need to have full-body strength. This comes mainly in the form of strength in […]

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Spy Code: Intermediate & Expert Mode

January 17, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Spy Code: Intermediate & Expert Mode

Since people were into my “spy code” activity in its extremely simplified form, I thought I’d share a few printable ones along with the whole “code” that I usually use. (Eagle-eyed readers may notice that […]

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Spy Code: Beginner Mode

January 16, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Spy Code: Beginner Mode

I have a “secret spy code” activity that I do with lots of kids at different times. I love it for lots and lots of reasons: it’s a fun writing and reasoning activity that doesn’t […]

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Coloring Up (Like Michaelangelo!)

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Coloring Up (Like Michaelangelo!)

More creative treatment ideas… I really wanted to get a specific child to draw or write on a lateral surface or even on a vertical surface above their head! Writing and drawing in these creative […]

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Wizard Scrolls

January 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Wizard Scrolls

A multi-week activity: a student and I have been working on making “wizard scrolls”. First we used teabags, coffee grounds, and brown markers to test which would make the best “aged paper” by staining them […]

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Dinosaur Dig

January 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Dinosaur Dig

One of the stations in my therapy gym right now is a dinosaur dig. I have had this idea in my mind for a long time and finally had time to construct it during the […]

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Bread Painting

October 21, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Bread Painting

Another play invitation set-up from a recent weekend… Okay, so this is a little “extra” as far as I usually go with setting up play for my kids, but I was intrigued by the idea. […]

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Sort Something

October 19, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sort Something

This is a very short prompt/invitation to play today! Short and easy – that’s the best type of prompt, right? Find something in your house that you have a bunch of. It could be anything. […]

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