Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills
Watch your child develop the skills to thrive with occupational therapy—for kids ages 1 to 6

Occupational therapy uses simple, fun activities to help kids learn the skills they need for daily life, from eating meals and writing the alphabet to socializing with friends and family. Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids is designed to help children at all developmental ability levels strengthen those skills by playing their way through 100 exciting exercises that are easy to do at home anytime.

This family-friendly guide offers concise information on how occupational therapy works and shows you how to apply it in a way that benefits your child. The games are even divided into chapters based on different types of occupational therapy skills—sensory processing, motor, social-emotional, and cognitive and visual processing—so you can focus on the ones that are most important for your child.

Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids offers:

  • Customizable for your kid—Every chapter starts with the simplest activities and increases in complexity, with tips on how to make each activity easier or harder.
  • No experience necessary—From Balloon Volleyball to Find the Treasure, most exercises can be done with things you probably already have in your home. No prior knowledge or special tools required.
  • All kids, all ages—These occupational therapy activities are built for kids 1 to 6 years old with various developmental challenges, but they can help all kids improve their physical, social-emotional, and cognitive abilities.

Make it fun and easy to practice occupational therapy with your child every day.

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Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills
Watch your child develop the skills to thrive with occupational therapy—for kids ages 1 to 6

Occupational therapy uses simple, fun activities to help kids learn the skills they need for daily life, from eating meals and writing the alphabet to socializing with friends and family. Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids is designed to help children at all developmental ability levels strengthen those skills by playing their way through 100 exciting exercises that are easy to do at home anytime.

This family-friendly guide offers concise information on how occupational therapy works and shows you how to apply it in a way that benefits your child. The games are even divided into chapters based on different types of occupational therapy skills—sensory processing, motor, social-emotional, and cognitive and visual processing—so you can focus on the ones that are most important for your child.

Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids offers:

  • Customizable for your kid—Every chapter starts with the simplest activities and increases in complexity, with tips on how to make each activity easier or harder.
  • No experience necessary—From Balloon Volleyball to Find the Treasure, most exercises can be done with things you probably already have in your home. No prior knowledge or special tools required.
  • All kids, all ages—These occupational therapy activities are built for kids 1 to 6 years old with various developmental challenges, but they can help all kids improve their physical, social-emotional, and cognitive abilities.

Make it fun and easy to practice occupational therapy with your child every day.

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Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills

Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills

Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills

Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills

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Watch your child develop the skills to thrive with occupational therapy—for kids ages 1 to 6

Occupational therapy uses simple, fun activities to help kids learn the skills they need for daily life, from eating meals and writing the alphabet to socializing with friends and family. Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids is designed to help children at all developmental ability levels strengthen those skills by playing their way through 100 exciting exercises that are easy to do at home anytime.

This family-friendly guide offers concise information on how occupational therapy works and shows you how to apply it in a way that benefits your child. The games are even divided into chapters based on different types of occupational therapy skills—sensory processing, motor, social-emotional, and cognitive and visual processing—so you can focus on the ones that are most important for your child.

Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids offers:

  • Customizable for your kid—Every chapter starts with the simplest activities and increases in complexity, with tips on how to make each activity easier or harder.
  • No experience necessary—From Balloon Volleyball to Find the Treasure, most exercises can be done with things you probably already have in your home. No prior knowledge or special tools required.
  • All kids, all ages—These occupational therapy activities are built for kids 1 to 6 years old with various developmental challenges, but they can help all kids improve their physical, social-emotional, and cognitive abilities.

Make it fun and easy to practice occupational therapy with your child every day.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781646110766
Publisher: Callisto Publishing
Publication date: 01/28/2020
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile: 990L (what's this?)

About the Author

DR. HEATHER AJZENMAN, OTD, OTR/L, HPCS, received her doctorate in occupational therapy from Washington University in Saint Louis. She is a DIRFloortime Advanced Certified Provider and a hippotherapy clinical specialist. She has experience working with diverse children and families using a family-centered, evidence-based approach.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

How to Use This Book 3

Chapter 1 All About Occupational Therapy for Kids 7

Chapter 2 Sensory Processing Skills 21

Stuck in the Mud 22

Match That Sound! 23

3…2…1…Blast Off! 24

Sensory Safe Space/Hideout 25

Chew and Chill 26

DIY No-Sew Crash Mat 27

Sensory Diet 28

Sensory Calming Bin 30

Light-Up Letters 31

Laundry Basket Push 32

Make Me a Sandwich! 33

Shaving Cream Slide 34

Breathing Bail 35

Bubble Wrap Footprints 36

Be the Chef! 38

Sight and Sound Jars 39

Bubble Mountain 40

What's That Smell? 41

DIY Outdoor Ninja Coarse 42

Tactile Sensory Bin 44

Guess That Shape 45

Airplane Catch 46

Popcorn Pop! 47

Moon Walk 48

Cardboard Car Speedway 50

Reverse Crunch on a Bait 51

Sensory Strategy Cards 52

Ball Fishing 54

Map My Feelings 56

Body-Level Messages 58

Chapter 3 Motor Skills 61

Lick Your Lips 62

Dump Truck Races 63

Reach for the Stars 64

Pass the Juice 66

Pipe Cleaners and Pom-Poms 67

We Got the Beat 68

Straw Race 69

Straws and Snowballs 70

Feed the Dragon 71

Penny-Eating Monster 72

Hold a Pose! 74

D1Y Balance Board 75

Hanging the Laundry 76

Dress-Up Relay Race 77

Paper Plate Skates 78

Dough Letters 79

Dough Art 80

Pin the Tail on the Bunny 82

Safari Walk 84

Paint Here or There 86

Balloon Volleyball 88

Paintbrush Water Writing 89

Paper Soccer 90

Cardboard Tube Marble Maze 92

Training Camp Challenge 94

Chapter 4 Social-Emotional Skills 97

Funny Faces 98

Tickles and Hugs 99

Joining In 100

Working through Big Feelings 102

I Can't Reach St! 103

Breath and Heartbeat Listening 104

The Face in the Mirror 105

Feelings Drawings 106

Group Painting 107

Plastic Eiffel Tower 108

Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine 110

Roadblock! 112

Wheel of Coping Skills 114

Whole-Body Relaxation 116

Homemade Stress Bail 117

Cardboard Adventures 118

Tea Party 119

Turn Which Way? 120

Puppet Show 122

Superheroes 124

A Scene of Senses 126

Cup/Brain Overflow 128

How Does That Make You Feel? 130

Big Deal or Little Deal 132

Flexible Minds 134

Chapter 5 Cognitive and Visual Processing Skills 137

Mirror Minds 138

Water Chatter 140

What's That Sound? 141

Bounce, Push, Crash 142

Matching Towers 144

Schedule for Success 146

Find the Toy 148

Picture That 149

DIY Obstacle Course 150

Find the Treasure 152

Words-Only Obstacle Course 154

Spiderweb Maze 155

How High Can You Go? 156

I'd Like to Order a Sandwich 157

Moving Hoops 158

Musical Mats 160

Ready, Set…Stop or Go? 162

Lights, Camera, Action 163

I Have a Different Idea! 164

Dough Chef 166

What Comes Next? 169

Resources 170

References 171

Index 172

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