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Showing posts with label Occupational Therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occupational Therapy. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
Occupational Therapy for the week of May 31-June 6
Make Your Own Drawings
Use these step by step drawings to draw your own pictures. Try them all or pick your favorites!
Cereal Box Car Ramp
Step 1:
Gather your materials. You will need: an empty cereal box or two, scissors, blocks, Legos, or something to help make the angle of the ramp, something to go down the ramp (matchbox car, marbles, ball) and tape.
Step 2:
You are going to cut your cereal box to make the ramp. There are many different ways you can choose to cut the box. Will one way make your car go faster than another way?
Step 3:
Build up the base that you are going to set the ramp on. This can be done stacking blocks or legos under the ramp or by taping empty toilet paper rolls under it.You can also use other parts of the cereal box to build the ramp. Use the photos below to help get creative.
Step 4:
You are now ready to put your car down the ramp! Did it go as fast as you were expecting? What can you do to make the car go faster? What can you use to build your ramp up higher?
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: visual perceptual skills, fine motor skills, flexible thinking, problem solving skills
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Occupational Therapy Week of May 24-May 30
Water Bottle Planters!
It's officially spring and time to plant! Let's make our own planter to hold those seeds.
Step 1:
Gather your materials. Get creative with what you find around your home to use. Some examples of what you can use are shown in the photo below: recycled bottles of any kind, paint, construction paper, glue, markers, scissors, tape, googly eyes, ribbons/ string, glitter.
Get creative! Anything and everything works!
Step 2:
Cut the bottles to any shape you like and choose what you want to make your recycled bottle planter into.
Step 3:
You are now going to add color to your bottle. This can be done by painting the bottle or gluing construction paper around it. In the photo below, I chose to make a bunny and a lobster so I painted my bottles red and white. If you use paint, you will want to wait for the paint to dry before gluing or taping anything to it.
Step 4 (Bunny):
You are now going to make the other parts of the animal. For the bunny, draw ears on white construction paper and smaller ones on pink construction paper.
Cut both of them out.
Glue the pink ears onto the white ears.
Step 4 (Lobster):
You are now going to make the other parts of the animal. Draw claws on red construction paper.
Cut them out.
Step 5:
Glue the ears, claws and other parts you made onto your pot. The bunny ears are glued to the inside of the bottle at the top and the lobster claws are glued to the outside on the sides.
Step 6:
Add a face to your animal. This may include eyes, nose, or a mouth. For the bunny: Paint, draw, or glue on eyes. You can also add a pink triangle nose and whiskers.
For the lobster: Paint, draw, or glue on eyes. You can also add eyelashes and a mouth.
Step 7:
You’re now ready to add soil and a plant to your pot. Put the pot somewhere where your plant will get plenty of sun. Don’t forget to water your plant.
What other creatures could you make?
Don't forget to email me your pictures at bissone@westbrookschools.org! I can't wait to see them!
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: Fine motor, following directions, cutting, visual perceptual
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Occupational Therapy for the Week of May 17 to May 23
It's time for some YOGA!
Did you know that yoga can be beneficial for so many different things? It can help make you stronger, improve your balance, help with self-regulation, and so much more! It is a great thing to do together as a family.
Here is a few of my favorite poses, do them along with the pictures in a row, or check out the youtube videos at the bottom for lots more yoga!
*HOLD EACH POSITION FOR 5 BREATHS BEFORE GOING ONTO THE NEXT!*
1. Mountain Pose
2. Cat/Cow Pose
3. Cobra Pose
4. Downward-facing Dog Pose
5. Easy Pose
6. Corpse Pose
- Cosmic Kids Yoga on youtube... There are TONS of options here that are all kid-friendly and easy to follow along with! CLICK HERE FOR: Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos
-Here's a mindful meditation to try to end your session! Feel free to try it in easy pose or corpse pose!
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: Fine motor strength, strength and endurance, balance, self-regulation
Monday, May 11, 2020
Occupational Therapy for Week of May 10 to May16
It's Time to Practice Our Ball Skills!
You will need a bouncy ball: a playground ball, a basketball, a tennis ball, a small plastic ball, any kind will do!
1. Do as many dribbles as you can with your writing hand.
2. Now try alternating hands while you dribble!
3. Now dribble as fast as you can!
BONUS CHALLENGE: Can you dribble while you walk? Try to keep your head up!
Tell me how many dribbles you can get in a row below in the comments!
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: motor coordination, bilateral coordination, crossing midline, hand-eye coordination, ball skills
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Occupational Therapy: Week of May 3 - May 10
Make Your Own Drawings
Use these step by step drawings to draw your own pictures. Try them all or pick your favorites!**Don't forget to get your fingers ready for writing with some finger exercises before trying these activities. You can also try taping your paper to the wall to give your arms a challenge as you work!**
PIG:
CATEPILLAR:
DONKEY:
UNICORN:
Bee:
Tell me what you drew in the comments or email a picture of it at bissone@westbrookschools.org. I hope you have fun with this!
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: visual motor skills, fine motor skills, following directions
Monday, April 27, 2020
Occupational Therapy: Week of April 26-May 2
Crafting with Recycles!
Have your kids used up all your supplies at home? Try using things from your recycle bin to create some fun craft activities.
1. Use toliet paper rolls or paper towel rolls to make your own creations
a. Rainbow Fish: Use stickers or small pieces of paper cut into circles, glue onto the toilet paper roll. Add some tissue paper cut into strips to the inside. Draw on an eye!
b. Rainbow windsocks: Glue some streamers cut in half or tissue paper inside the roll. Draw a cloud, add a face, then cut it out. Glue it onto the front of your tube.
b. Fish: Follow the steps as shown. Parents may need to draw the lines on for your student to cut out. Paint or color on your own details at the end!
2. Make your own marble maze (get creative... you can use any round ball you have around the house!)
Here's a video of the one that my son and I made with tape, scissors and lots of random things we found around the house and in our recycle bin. Have fun with this!
2. Use Egg Cartons for crafts
a. Flowers: Cut out 4 openings in a square. Add a center to your flower, then paint or color the petals. Add a straw, pipe cleaner, or strip of cardboard for a stem!
a. Bugs: Use this video for some inspiration! It shows you step by step how to complete this process. Don't forget to let your paint dry in between colors if you use more than one!
GET CREATIVE! What did YOU make? Email me your photos at bissone@westbrookschools.org and I'll post them!
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: Fine motor skills, scissor skills, following directions, visual perceptual skills
Monday, April 13, 2020
Are you trying these activities at home? Share your pictures in the comments!
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Occupational Therapy: Week of April 13 to April 18
Pre-Writing Exercises
Try these simple exercises with a pencil to get your hands ready for writing!
1. The Catapillar ~ Walk your fingers from one end of your pencil to the other. Try walking back!
2. The Woodpecker ~ Move your fingers in and out to make your pencil go closer and further away from your other hand. Try to keep both hands still (only move your fingers!).
3. The Helicopter ~ Spin the pencil around in a circle like a helicopter. Try to reverse direction.
Here are the video demonstrations of all the exercises if you want to watch first!
https://youtu.be/ylA5OF9JWJ8
https://youtu.be/f3xUNNE_fEw
Want more finger exercises or "pre-writing" exercises to try? Try these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VpARNgbb8c
Occupational Therapy Goals targeted: Fine motor skills, motor coordination, manual dexterity
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