Happy Sunny 🌞 Monday! I hope you all enjoy a little sunshine and fresh air today. For today’s Movement Monday activity, how about a fun obstacle course? Obstacle courses can work on so many skills including motor planning, coordination, balance, moving in different planes, and also provide proprioceptive (body awareness) feedback. Obstacle courses also give a child an opportunity to burn off any excess energy, or even gain some energy.. Read More
Fine Motor Friday!
Happy Friday! Today’s fine motor activity works on tripod grasp, finger/hand strengthening, mid-line crossing and motor planning/coordination. The more challenging task of this activity also works on bilateral hand skills (use of both hands together) and in-hand manipulation skills (finger to palm translation –> palm to finger translation). All these skills are important for the development and manipulation of handwriting tools. 👐🏼 Theraputty is a tried and true OT tool.. Read More
Movement Monday!
Hope everyone had a great weekend! ☀️ For today’s “Movement Monday,” try out these exercises and poses provided by Chicago OT Therapy. Do them inside, outside, anywhere you’d like! Try for 5 minutes or as long as your child can tolerate. The exercises work on core strengthening, mid-line crossing, upper arm strengthening, motor planning, imitation, and balance — all important building blocks for fine motor skills! Be sure to send.. Read More
Fine Motor Friday!
Do you have any empty egg cartons lying around? I have a fun activity planned! “Egg Carton Garden” – this activity will work on tripod grasp (functional grasp), bilateral hand skills, cutting skills, pinching, and motor planning and coordination. Video demonstration of Steps 1, 3-5 below 😊 Supplies needed: egg carton skewer (adult task in Step 1) straws scissors permanent marker playdoh First, parent/guardian (adult) use the skewer to make.. Read More
Movement Monday!
Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable time together 😊 For today’s “Movement Monday” check out the video below for some inspiration. Not only are you working on motor planning, but also visual attention/memory, sequencing, and color recognition. This activity also provides the proprioceptive (body awareness) input when hitting the ground and staying in the 4-point position (wrists and knees)! This activity can.. Read More
Fine Motor Friday!
Happy Friday! Let’s make an Easter Egg hunt a little more challenging! 😊 Instead of just hiding the eggs around the house or out in the yard, first wrap them in some aluminum foil. Have your kids find the eggs and see how fast they can unwrap the aluminum foil to see what’s inside! Not only does this activity work on visual scanning skills to locate the eggs, but the.. Read More