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Welcome to Therapy Fun Zone.
Occupational and Physical Therapy should be fun for both the client and the therapist. We have to be creative and we are always thinking up new ideas to make it interesting and make our clients want to keep working. We also love to share our creativity and collaborate with each other. Here at Therapy Fun Zone, we would like to share activity ideas, and encourage you to share yours in order to keep the creativity stimulated. Sign up for our email which will include therapy activities, and other things that we think may be of interest. We are adding new activities and references frequently.
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Check out the Shop page where you can buy some therapy activities that were created by me, including Pencil Adventures and Road Writing.
Clothespin and Tongs Activities
Making the clothespin game board
To make the clothespin game board, you will need a stiff material. I used coroplast ( White Corrugated Plastic ), which is an awesome material to work with. It can be made out of foam core as well, although the foam core is not quite as sturdy and long lasting as the coroplast. You will… [Continue Reading]
Dreidel Games
The blog at Pediastaff was looking for some therapy games that have a connection to Hanukkah, and I have been making a bunch of games lately. My son was thrilled to help me create a board game using a dreidel to determine the spaces you move. I made a game board that would fit with… [Continue Reading]
Recent posts
Weekly Share: Some OT blog posts this week
Here are some excerpts from some OT blogs this week. Click over to their sites to read the full posts. I wish I could share them all, but there are too many now, so I had to pick and choose. OT iTool Kit Tip and Trick #1 – Creating a Visual Schedule (Sequence) in your… [Continue Reading]
Pizza Delivery Game For Following Directions
This game uses a floor road map that I made, and writing out and following the directions to get to different houses on the map. I made this huge road map on a new fabric shower curtain that I had lying around (don’t ask why I had a bunch of fabric shower curtains – that… [Continue Reading]
Making the clothespin game board
To make the clothespin game board, you will need a stiff material. I used coroplast ( White Corrugated Plastic ), which is an awesome material to work with. It can be made out of foam core as well, although the foam core is not quite as sturdy and long lasting as the coroplast. You will… [Continue Reading]
Magnetic Mr. Potato Head
When working on visual perceptual skills, placing body parts on Mr. Potato head can be a great tool. The real Mr. Potato Head is great for working on fine motor and visual perception, but sometimes you want a smaller and simpler activity. Meet flat potato head. I made some potato head parts on the computer… [Continue Reading]
Connecta Straws for Fine Motor and Visual Perception
I had heard years ago about using straws and connectors, and I think that someone had mentioned using regular straws and the connectors for drip tubing from home depot. Well I tried the drip tubing connectors, and they don’t work with regular straws. They are too small for regular straws, and they are very hard… [Continue Reading]
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