Therapy Fun Zone https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ Where Play is FUNctional Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:38:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-tfz-icon-copy-copy-32x32.png Therapy Fun Zone https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ 32 32 Cute flower craft for earth day https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-flower-craft-for-earth-day/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-flower-craft-for-earth-day/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:38:54 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22758 This post may contain affiliate links.I love flower crafts, but I have done that so much, and I have done so many rainbow crafts that I was trying to come up with something that I haven’t done before. Most of my kids are working on cutting circles, and a few are working on just snipping....

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-flower-craft-for-earth-day/feed/ 0 Cute Button Bugs https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-button-bugs/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-button-bugs/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:54:29 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22750 This post may contain affiliate links.I love bugs as manipulatives and had to make some cute little bugs to work on buttoning. There are three little bugs that you have to button their heads and wings onto the bodies. I really like dragonflies and bees, so had to make those ones. I made a dragonfly,...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-button-bugs/feed/ 0 spiral christmas tree cutting https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/spiral-christmas-tree-cutting/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/spiral-christmas-tree-cutting/#respond Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:31:02 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22738 This post may contain affiliate links.I have some kids that really benefit from cutting spirals because it makes them slow down with their cutting and really pay attention to their cutting. I made these great spirals with greenery so that it will look like a christmas tree when it is cut out. It has a...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/spiral-christmas-tree-cutting/feed/ 0 cutting out bats https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cutting-out-bats/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cutting-out-bats/#respond Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:14:18 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22724 This post may contain affiliate links.A couple of weeks ago, I spontaneously needed to run a preschool group center and had to come up with an activity to have at my table, so I quickly drew a spider that the kids could cut out an glue onto a spider web. I did it with my...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cutting-out-bats/feed/ 0 Fun October Halloween activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fun-october-halloween-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fun-october-halloween-activities/#respond Sun, 05 Oct 2025 22:23:13 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21396 This post may contain affiliate links.One of my absolute favorite activities, (and the kid’s favorite) is the roll a monster (creature) game. It is also the perfect time of year to play the game as Halloween is right around the corner. We are into October and it is the time of year for fun fall...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fun-october-halloween-activities/feed/ 0 Munchy Ball Motivation https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/munchy-ball-motivation/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/munchy-ball-motivation/#respond Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:04:28 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22701 This post may contain affiliate links.It happened again this week. I was assessing a student who was not interested in engaging with the items I was giving them. Would not even look at the pencil, markers, paper, blocks, pennies with coin slot, or any of my initial activities. The moment I brought out the Munchy...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/munchy-ball-motivation/feed/ 0 Current Monthly Specials https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/current-monthly-specials/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/current-monthly-specials/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:01:05 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=8768 This post may contain affiliate links.Summer is rushing by and it will be time to start back to school very soon. Given that fact, it is time to stock up on your must-have therapy activities for the school year, and you can find them on sale at therapy fun store. Use code backtoschool25 to get...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/current-monthly-specials/feed/ 0 Jungle rescue game for fine motor https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/jungle-rescue-game-for-fine-motor/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/jungle-rescue-game-for-fine-motor/#respond Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:37:01 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22686 This post may contain affiliate links.Save the Wildlife Fine Motor Game I found this cute little game that takes an idea that many people have made themselves, and I think makes it even better. It is called the Jungle Rescue game made by Educational Insights.  I love it because the fine motor work starts in...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/jungle-rescue-game-for-fine-motor/feed/ 0 scanning manipulatives https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scanning-manipulatives-2/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scanning-manipulatives-2/#respond Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:27:39 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22676 This post may contain affiliate links.When I am working with a small group of kids, a great way to get them to slow down and listen to follow instructions is to have them scan the manipulatives for a specific one. I will pour out my little bag of manipulatives and make them wait before picking...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scanning-manipulatives-2/feed/ 0 More ways to use Wikki Stix https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/more-ways-to-use-wikki-stix/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/more-ways-to-use-wikki-stix/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22667 This post may contain affiliate links.Making two dimensional pictures three dimensional is the power and beauty of Wikki Stix. I work with some kids that really struggle with the visual perceptual ability of figuring out where to place lines on the paper, and it helps to use Wikki Stix to physically build those lines. I...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/more-ways-to-use-wikki-stix/feed/ 0 In-hand Manipulation Activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/in-hand-manipulation-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/in-hand-manipulation-activities/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:57:33 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21892 This post may contain affiliate links.I have found that working on in-hand manipulation is one of the best ways to really improve hand and finger coordination. When working on in-hand manipulation, it is an area that we as Occupational Therapists can show an objective improvement in, which translates well to better use of tools such...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/in-hand-manipulation-activities/feed/ 0 Munchy Ball with Garden Food https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/munchy-ball-with-garden-food/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/munchy-ball-with-garden-food/#respond Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:54:12 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21942 This post may contain affiliate links.I have a little bit of a manipulative hoarding problem. I just love a cute manipulative that will motivate kids to work on their hand coordination and strength. I have seen all of these cute little resin garden manipulatives and I put together a few that seem like they would...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/munchy-ball-with-garden-food/feed/ 0 Valentines day activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/valentines-day-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/valentines-day-activities/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:32:18 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21889 This post may contain affiliate links.I like valentines day activities because they lend themselves well to coloring, writing, painting, cutting, and gluing. My favorites are the heart butterflies and the heart bugs, but just drawing hearts and coloring and cutting them are great too. Making flowers out of hearts is a really simple way to...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/valentines-day-activities/feed/ 0 A cute button penguin https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/a-cute-button-penguin/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/a-cute-button-penguin/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:51:57 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21882 This post may contain affiliate links.As the weather is cold, what better animal to work on buttoning than a penguin. I made this cute little felt penguin to have the kids practice their buttoning skills. The kids are always much more willing to practice fastening buttons when there is more interest to it that a...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/a-cute-button-penguin/feed/ 0 Wriggleworms garden https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wriggleworms-garden/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wriggleworms-garden/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:11:45 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21725 This post may contain affiliate links.I found this cute game on Amazon and completely fell in love with it. The little worms are a rubbery texture and are different lengths. It is fairly easy to pull the worms out of their holes in the garden, but requires a bit more fine motor precision to get...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wriggleworms-garden/feed/ 0 Christmas activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/christmas-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/christmas-activities/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2023 15:59:55 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21720 This post may contain affiliate links.Christmas is rushing up to us, and all of the christmas activities lend themselves so perfectly to all of the therapy stuff. This time of year it is so easy to sit down with a student and pick an activity out of thin air to do. You have christmas trees,...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/christmas-activities/feed/ 0 A pencil charms substitute https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/a-pencil-charms-sub/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/a-pencil-charms-sub/#respond Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:27:39 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21401 This post may contain affiliate links.I’ve discussed before how helpful it is to have kids hold a pom pom or toy in their palm while writing. It gets then to stabilize the pinky side of their hand and frees up their index, middle finger, and thumb for controlling the pencil. One problem is that they...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/a-pencil-charms-sub/feed/ 0 Tack-it in place of velcro https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/tack-it-in-place-of-velcro/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/tack-it-in-place-of-velcro/#respond Sat, 07 Oct 2023 20:29:45 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21391 This post may contain affiliate links.I found a new glue that is great for sticking pieces of laminated paper together. It’s called tack it and it is a great replacement for velcro.  You brush it on the back of a piece of laminated paper and let it dry. You can then stick it on to...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/tack-it-in-place-of-velcro/feed/ 0 Back to school activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/back-to-school-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/back-to-school-activities/#respond Sun, 27 Aug 2023 19:40:56 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=19818 This post may contain affiliate links.It is time to head back to school and I have been working on getting files organized and figuring out the best way to do notes and activities. I am starting out simple this year and have used the paper tearing crayon to have kids color the crayon, write their...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/back-to-school-activities/feed/ 0 connecting the bottom of a zipper https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/connecting-the-bottom-of-a-zipper/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/connecting-the-bottom-of-a-zipper/#comments Sun, 23 Jul 2023 20:01:08 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=19808 This post may contain affiliate links.When kids are learning to fasten zippers, they first learn to move the zipper back and forth on items such as a purse or little zippered bag, or the little pig bank that I made. This is an activity that uses two hands and good hand positioning, and is linear...

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