Hi everyone!
Joe and Staci here! We are two Occupational Therapists lucky enough to be working at Snow Elementary!
Together, we will be providing students, parents, guardians, ANYONE with awesome and fun activities that relate to Occupational Therapy skills such as sensory integration, fine motor coordination and strength, gross motor coordination and strength and activities of daily living.
To start us off, we have attached a picture from Pinterest of a Fall Themed Sensory Bin!
In your clear bin, you can include:
- River rocks (large, medium and small)
- Plastic pumpkins and gourds
- Plastic acorns
- Felt leaves
- Small apple-pumpkin scented candle
- Foam sticker leaves
- Foam sticker pumpkins and apples
- Foam sticker footballs
Once all of your items are in your bin, the sky is the limit!
Examples of some activities you can do are:
- Let your child explore the different textures, shapes and smells.
- Have your child scoop out the rocks with an ice cream scoop or fingers and place them into ice cube holders.
- Have your child separate the large rocks from the small rocks using tongs.
- You can hide the different items within the sensory bin and have your child search for them.
That is one example of the awesome and fun activities we will be posting each week!
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