Keeping The Fun In Function
A fun activity that we did at a Zaner Bloser workshop that I went to while at the OTAC spring fling, were these pages with paths on them. You place a metal piece on the path (I used a metal nut) with a magnet underneath. Then you move the magnet to make your piece follow… [Continue Reading]
I got a chance to try out the app Ready to Print over the weekend. This app just recently came out, and I have wanted to try it out, but sadly, I do not own an iPad. I hope to remedy that fact as soon as I have some money saved up for it, but… [Continue Reading]
I have been using my writing charms to get kids to work on stabilizing their hand when writing, and I wanted them to hold something a bit bigger than the cap erasers that I had on the original writing charms. I came across this cool stretchy string, and attached it to a squishy toy ,… [Continue Reading]
Here is a low tech visual perceptual marble maze made out of a cardboard box and some straws. This one is fairly simple, but it can be useful for those who have trouble with motor coordination as well as visual perception. I used a cardboard box and some large “Smoothie Straws”. I glued the straws… [Continue Reading]
I have seen fabric marble mazes in catalogs, and decided to make my own as I have a lot of fabric sitting around from other projects, and I am not too bad on a sewing machine. I was even helping with a children’s sewing class, so thought that they would be able to try making… [Continue Reading]
To work on pencil control, I created some Pencil Adventures. When I started making the pencil adventures, I was inspired by the pencil obstacle courses that were created by another Occupational Therapist, Jennifer Dodge. I now have her obstacle courses available here on Therapy Fun Zone, and I am so excited about it. These ones… [Continue Reading]
I have been an Occupational Therapist since 1991. I started out doing skilled nursing for 6 months, then moved on to pediatrics. In pediatrics I have worked in a clinic setting, inpatient rehab and acute, ICU, early intervention, and school district. My goal with this website is that I can help stimulate creativity and information sharing. As a therapist, I am always creating new things to use in therapy or adapting things. I love sharing my projects and solutions. I started this … [Read More...]
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