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Painting With The Ballooniverse

February 9, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I’m a part of a group devoted to process art ideas for classrooms, daycares, homes, etc, called Process Art by Maryann Kohl. In that group, I saw a fantastic idea of dipping balloons in paint […]

Pegboard and Prone

February 9, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

[Image descriptions: One shows the setup: on the floor, there is a blue-and-red gym mat. On the mat is a 10×10 foam pegboard. There are green, yellow, orange, red, and blue pegs sorted into different […]

ABC Cars

February 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

A recent little activity option from the schools: I set out this “car mat” for our littlest kids (3-4yo) to roll cars on while waiting for their turn in the therapy gym. It was mostly […]

Recycling Dried Markers

February 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

If you haven’t picked up on it by now, I really love it when activities can span across multiple weeks and have multiple steps and goals that shift and change each week. I feel like it […]

Spy Code: Beginner Mode

January 16, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I have a “secret spy code” activity that I do with lots of kids at different times. I love it for lots and lots of reasons: it’s a fun writing and reasoning activity that doesn’t […]

Coloring Up (Like Michaelangelo!)

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

More creative treatment ideas… I really wanted to get a specific child to draw or write on a lateral surface or even on a vertical surface above their head! Writing and drawing in these creative […]

Wizard Scrolls

January 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

A multi-week activity: a student and I have been working on making “wizard scrolls”. First we used teabags, coffee grounds, and brown markers to test which would make the best “aged paper” by staining them […]

Bread Painting

October 21, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Another play invitation set-up from a recent weekend… Okay, so this is a little “extra” as far as I usually go with setting up play for my kids, but I was intrigued by the idea. […]

Sort Something

October 19, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This is a very short prompt/invitation to play today! Short and easy – that’s the best type of prompt, right? Find something in your house that you have a bunch of. It could be anything. […]

An Appley Adventure

October 19, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Inspired by Busy Toddler’s “Playing Preschool” — but a way more informal version of it — I sat down with the book “Ten Apples Up On Top” from the library and began reading. I didn’t call […]