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]
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 worked out an even easier way (in my opinion) to make the game boards, and you can have me make them now if you want. I have it down to a science, and it doesn’t take me very long with this new technique. I hot glue strips of the coroplast material onto a… [Continue Reading]
To continue with my dice obsession, I made a roll a creature game that has two dice that have creature body parts on them, and one with numbers on it, as well as some cards with four of the body parts. The object of the game is to roll the dice, and then you have… [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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