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Summer button sunflower

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:57:23 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have been on a button activity kick for the past couple of months, and I just made a cute sunflower and a little blue forget-me-not flower. The sunflower has 10 buttons on the back to button on the flower petals, so it can be more of a challenge, but...

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Seasons Button Tree

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:46:17 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have added another button activity to my arsenal of fun things to button. This one is a seasonal tree, so you can button on the different seasons. It includes white snow for winter, green for spring, orange and red for fall, and fruit of red or orange for summer....

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A Bunch of Bee Themed Activities

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 02 May 2016 12:01:22 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.To work on pencil control, it really is great to do activities where you are having to control your pencil. For this I use pencil paths, pencil adventures, circles, and coloring. I really enjoyed using the flower honeycomb activity that I made for doing circles, and I wanted to have...

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I Love Bugs in Activities

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 03:15:58 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love using bugs in my therapy activities, and the kids seem to like them too. We use them a lot in fine motor activities, and work in some larger muscle groups during our activities as well. Here are some of my favorite bug activities that I have done, and...

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Swimming for Letters

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:00:37 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I played with foam letters with the kids in school where we rolled the dice and then fed the letters to the Munchy Ball, and now that it is summer, we took the game to the pool so that we could swim for the letters. The fun foam letters float,...

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Fireworks Coloring to Practice Writing Lines

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:00:32 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Fourth of July is this week, and what better way to practice writing different types of lines than drawing fireworks. You can make fireworks out of different colors, and make squiggly lines, straight lines, curly lines, circles, and spirals. You can use colored pencils to color the fireworks. I recommend...

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Keeping Active in the Summer: Tennis

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:00:13 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.It is Summer and the kids are out of school. During school, the kids have recess and P.E. most days so they stay relatively active and work on many skills during school. In the Summer, if left to their own devices, many kids will choose to watch TV or play...

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Favorite Summer Toy: Six Water Play Tools for Fine Motor Skills

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 30 May 2014 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.A group of therapist bloggers have gotten together to share what our favorite summer toys or activities are. This post is about my favorite summer toy, which is playing with water via squirt guns and other water tools. In order to see all of the other favorite summer toys, you...

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Home Made Table Ice Hockey Game

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.This game takes a bit of time to put together, but it isn’t hard, and the materials are quite cheap. I made the game originally to play in the pool, but I think that it actually works better played on a table, and I think that it would be fun...

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Pool Balloon Races Using Squirt Guns

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.The kids I work with had a great time strengthening their hands with ball races that I posted about here. I thought it would be fun to use the squirt guns in the pool too. We used little balloons, but it would work with larger balloons, beach balls, and with...

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Ice Cream Sundae Clothespin Game

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.When I was making my Clothespin Tower Games, one of the games is a game about building an ice cream sundae. The game easily translates into a flat game without the tower, so I thought that at times I would prefer to use it that way. It is exactly like...

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Summer Ice Bowling

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.In therapy I use bowling as a part of many different activities, and to target many different skills, such as scooter board bowling, bowling in a swing, and bowling on a balance board. For summer, I thought we would try a little ice bowling. To prepare, we first had to...

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Game Made With Golf Tees and Marbles

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.This summer, we spent some time on Hawai’i, the big island. We had a wonderful trip, and while there we were introduced to the game Konane. It is a game that is usually carved into lava rock or wood, and the game pieces are black and white shells or stones....

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Balancing Bugs on a Leaf for Fine Motor

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Here is a cute little activity that combines in hand manipulation with fine motor control to place objects in just the right place. I made some leaves, printed them on cardstock, and laminated them to give them more strength. Then I balanced the leaf on a little cube. It is...

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Garden Bugs Fine Motor Game

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I started working on a craft for cutting out bugs, and it morphed into a complete game that includes catching bugs and using clothespins to hold the bugs in the bug jar. I am thrilled with the little bug jar, and they can stand upright using a stand made out...

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Bugs In a Jar Craft

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I started this craft thinking it would be so cute to cut out bugs and glue them onto a bug box like you caught the bugs. This morphed into a jar, because a jar is see through, and a bug box is not. It then morphed into a full game...

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A Tree Made From A Pool Noodle and Pipe Cleaners

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.This was kind of a spontaneous activity. I had pool noodles, and I had pipe cleaners that I was planning to use to thread the letter beads onto, so I stuck the pipe cleaners into the pool noodles to make a tree. The tree worked beautifully to thread the beads...

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Painting with a mister for bimanual strengthening

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I got this little Personal Mister at the target dollar spot a couple of months ago, and decided to use it to paint. It is a great tool to work on bimanual skills and hand strengthening because you have to use two hands to pump it up. After you fill...

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Pool Writing Using Sponges

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.The pool is a fun and important place to spend time in during the summer months. You can add some fun word activities and even incorporate some writing to the fun of summer. I cut up some packs of sponges (but you could use craft foam just as easily) into...

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Pine Cone Bird Feeder and Spreading with a Knife

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:04:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Spreading can be a challenge for many kids, so here is a fun activity that helps practice. You use a pine cone and attach a wire or string to the top of it so that you can hang it once it is finished. You then spread peanut butter all over...

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