{"id":1384,"date":"2020-04-27T10:33:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2020-04-27T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:33:47","slug":"occupational-therapy-activities-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/2020\/04\/27\/occupational-therapy-activities-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Therapy Activities for the week!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Week 2 OT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Complete these OT activities throughout the week. The more you do, the more the following skills will improve. Descriptions are included above each exercise.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>TUMMY THROW<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide touch pressure to body from floor<\/li><li>To increase back and neck extension strength<\/li><li>To develop arm strength<\/li><li>To develop good eye tracking (roll ball)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/wY2QhR6dDyNm-ZDmMCscQxAL5dFR3-VJTJoMshCDH1o6RjiFWEhAvnogNP6oaeglmDuY_qvhrllfkpEbMbAmvODs75lpyqTND7TKKuVeMmKm4oSeThRrpv-MW14tBTMETUBKDLVL\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>TURTLE CRAWL<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide touch input to back from carrying an object<\/li><li>To increase body awareness<\/li><li>To develop upper body strength<\/li><li>To promote motor control by moving fast versus slow<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/kdQUzBEtcF3yizDgA_fUksEfM302Q7Ew5IicX5pR3_0q-A23LaqahRo2jofHPSMokQx-YnJMcm6PtvrsDmAvVgQCreybOIFc2rAkgbxTIlu3P8axtnZVFjpcroSu9yRR_g5WRe2s\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>BOAT RIDE<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide deep-touch pressure to body<\/li><li>To provide calming head movement<\/li><li>To promote language skills<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Chant: \u201cRock the boat \u2018til we laugh and shout, rock the boat \u2018til we all fall out\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/enKWAfqHZ5yRJnjjjU0uitp0etOpChVCskOcZ17-nkSJmfWkz7PATzknVWKWM5rNSoos1pq0ftcZ08XbOmFf6MkWMPE_atgQyhm1q8xRooMLRYZPkAkP9ZMlXWL_7lGZ2eRMaCUG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TACTILE ACTIVITIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tactile adventure bins- cornmeal, oatmeal, water, sand, lentils<\/li><li>Bath time- bubble bath, crayon soap, back scrub brushes<\/li><li>Foam soap or shaving cream- draw, blow<\/li><li>Sticky play- tape, contact paper, painters tape<\/li><li>Kitchen time- mixing tasting, smelling, washing up<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>While playing with tactile materials, you can practice drawing shapes, letters, drawing faces, drawing a person, etc with your child. Talk about what you are doing and encourage them to engage in the play with you or with a sibling.<\/em><br>References: Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration. Yack, E, Aquilla P and Sutton S. Future Horizons 2002.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 2 OT Complete these OT activities throughout the week. The more you do, the more the following skills will improve. Descriptions are included above each exercise.&nbsp; TUMMY THROW To provide touch pressure to body from floor To increase back and neck extension strength To develop arm strength To develop good eye tracking (roll ball) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1095,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1095"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/schuitd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}