Do you need an quick activity to encourage movement and learning? Or perhaps an indoor recess idea or something for the last few minutes of a class period? This missing alphabet puzzle combines solving missing letters with a cryptogram with exercise! All on ONE piece of paper with zero preparation required. Woo-hoo – my kind […]
Here is a fun, football themed activity for some therapy carry over or during a session. Create your own 6 activities to see who will win the game. Download the printable, blank footballs and directions at Your Therapy Source Inc.
Try this fun activity for children of all abilities – kick box painting. Adapt the activity as necessary by placing the box where the child can complete any active movement to knock it over.
Here is an example of a water obstacle course that you can create with your client or child. Therapy does not get any more fun than this. This activity encourages gross motor skills, muscle strengthening, eye hand coordination, trunk rotation, crossing midline, balance and motor planning. Whew! That is a lot of developmental play with […]
The current issue of Pediatric Physical Therapy has published research on sensory motor groups for children with Down Syndrome. The researchers compared 2 groups of children with Down Syndrome (10 children total ages 13-29 months of age). One group received only individualized interventions and the other group received the individualized interventions along with 10 weekly […]
Children absolutely love to fly a kite. They love the challenge and the thrill of getting the kite up and in the air. Then they progress to the challenge of keeping the kite in the air and out of the trees. Kite flying requires eye hand coordination, motor planning, body awareness and gross motor skills. […]