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Activities

Beanbag Bunny Rescue

February 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Beanbag Bunny Rescue

Okay, it might look like a hostage situation, but I promise that my game of “rescue the beanbag animals using scissors to cut the tape and string” was more fun than it looks visually and […]

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Time Travel

February 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Time Travel

I have this one kid I work with who is an utter delight to witness inventing things. It’s a talent, seriously. Whereas I often work with kids who don’t necessarily know how to direct play […]

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Following A Child’s Interest…

February 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Following A Child’s Interest…

Sometimes “following a child’s interest” means taking 5 minutes before the session starts to use the beanbag animals that they’re extremely passionate about and set up a diorama of bunnies participating in fine motor activities. […]

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Low Table Prompts

February 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Low Table Prompts

[Image description: A picture of a table that is low to the ground, only about 1 foot high. On top of it are Plus Plus blocks, separated into piles according to color. Taped to the […]

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Painting With The Ballooniverse

February 9, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Painting With The Ballooniverse

I’m a part of a group devoted to process art ideas for classrooms, daycares, homes, etc, called Process Art by Maryann Kohl. In that group, I saw a fantastic idea of dipping balloons in paint […]

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Pegboard and Prone

February 9, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Pegboard and Prone

[Image descriptions: One shows the setup: on the floor, there is a blue-and-red gym mat. On the mat is a 10×10 foam pegboard. There are green, yellow, orange, red, and blue pegs sorted into different […]

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ABC Cars

February 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on ABC Cars

A recent little activity option from the schools: I set out this “car mat” for our littlest kids (3-4yo) to roll cars on while waiting for their turn in the therapy gym. It was mostly […]

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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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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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