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| Online resource for special education, pediatric occupational therapy and pediatric physical therapy |
| Your Therapy Source |
| Cup Challenge |
Purpose: Encourage physical activity, eye hand
coordination and academic skills practice
Materials: recycled potato chip container (template is
for small Pringles can), plastic 3 oz cups and place
mat template
DOWNLOAD Template for Chip Container and Place
Mat for Cups
Preparation: Print out the templates. Cover the can
with the template and tape or glue onto it. Write math
problems, sight words, letters, etc on the bottom of
the cups. For math problems you could write the
answer inside the cup so the child can check the
answers. Added bonus is the active supination of the
forearm to read the answer inside the cup. Or you
could put the problems or sight words inside the cup
so the child has to supinate the forearm to read the
academic material.
Activity: Hide the cups indoors or outdoors. On go,
the child has to find all the cups and bring them back
to the table to stack them or place individually on the
place mat depending upon the child's abilities. It is
more difficult to stack the cups versus placing on the
place mat. Before stacking each cup, the child must
solve the math problem or identify the letter/word.
When the tower is complete you could have the child
throw a ball to knock the tower down. To add in
balance skills, try kicking one cup off at a time - now
that is a challenge!
coordination and academic skills practice
Materials: recycled potato chip container (template is
for small Pringles can), plastic 3 oz cups and place
mat template
DOWNLOAD Template for Chip Container and Place
Mat for Cups
Preparation: Print out the templates. Cover the can
with the template and tape or glue onto it. Write math
problems, sight words, letters, etc on the bottom of
the cups. For math problems you could write the
answer inside the cup so the child can check the
answers. Added bonus is the active supination of the
forearm to read the answer inside the cup. Or you
could put the problems or sight words inside the cup
so the child has to supinate the forearm to read the
academic material.
Activity: Hide the cups indoors or outdoors. On go,
the child has to find all the cups and bring them back
to the table to stack them or place individually on the
place mat depending upon the child's abilities. It is
more difficult to stack the cups versus placing on the
place mat. Before stacking each cup, the child must
solve the math problem or identify the letter/word.
When the tower is complete you could have the child
throw a ball to knock the tower down. To add in
balance skills, try kicking one cup off at a time - now
that is a challenge!
| Watch a video of Cup Challenge |