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Icy Science Experiment
This is a great activity for critical thinking and sensory exploration! Cold is a great way to meet sensory thresholds efficiently to keep children regulated and escape from the heat of the Vegas summer! Also, getting your child to tell you what they think will happen, then, compare it to what actually happens is great for language development.
Coral Reef Watercolor Activity
This activity is great for sequencing and following instructions. You can provide 1, 2 or 3 step instructions to fluctuate the activity to meet your child’s developmental stage.
Personality Tree Craft
How does your child describe themselves? A fun way to explore kids’ personality traits is with this simple personality tree craft. Just follow the instructions to create your own.
Timeline Puzzle Activity
Playing this “puzzle” supports parents and caregivers in teaching children the concepts of time, routine, and organization in a fun and engaging way.
Cotton Swab Fireworks Painting
Create this fun and kid-friendly fireworks painting this July! With only a few supplies, you can create colorful works of art to display.
Finish the Picture Activity
Put your creativity to the test with this fun and simple activity.
Start by printing out our templates for the start of your drawings. Have children choose which design they want to start with and the creativity can begin! Kids can use crayons, markers, colored pencils, or anything they choose to build a drawing around the marks already on the page.
Paper Chain Craft
An easy and fun DIY you can do with only a few supplies and is intuitively simple for kids!
Legos for Speech Therapy
Does your family have an abundance of Legos or a similar style of building block in your kids' playroom? Put those block to good use! These building blocks don’t just serve as a motivation...but also as a way to help learn and communicate, address articulation, language and more! Check it out:
Exercise Board Game
Get up and move with this free exercise board game for kids! This printable game board includes several body movements that will work on improving coordination, core strength, balance, and endurance. Whether it’s a rainy day inside, outside on the playground, or within a therapy session, kids will love having fun with this movement activity!
Multi-Tasking Game
Enjoy trying this great multi-tasking activity to help with learning, balance and also helps kids with throwing and eye-hand coordination. It's a great idea for indoors activities! Check it out:
4th of July Snack
Make a quick and delicious patriotic treat!
This activity focuses on auditory processing, gross motor skills, coordination, balance, motor planning, bilateral integration, visual perceptual skills, as well as developing hand and finger strength. Experience sensory integration via different tastes and textures.
Fireworks Painting
This activity focuses on the development of fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, color identification, sensory integration through touching the paint, and expressive and receptive language skills through asking the child about their art.
Underwater Sensory Scene
Perfect to enjoy the summer, this activity also works on vital visual-perceptual skills to scan the underwater environment, find objects hiding behind one another, and language development for learning directional concepts such as the “fish is hiding behind the seaweed and above the rocks!”
Beach Ball Game
Work on gross motor skills with this easy and fun game! This activity focuses on developing hand eye coordination, balance, gross motor skills. The game can be graded to be more or less challenging depending on ability.
Colorful Cream Sensory Bin
Use simple household ingredients for fun sensory play! This activity involves sensory motor integration, fine motor skills, as well as expressive and receptive language skills. Engage in imaginative play through drawing pictures or playing your own version of Pictionary!
Therapeutic Kids Coloring Pages
Looking for a great summer indoor activity to aid in your child’s development?
Therapeutic Kids Coloring Pages are a creative activity that combines the fun of coloring with some of the principles of occupational therapy.
Summer Activity List
Every child needs to stay active and experience new things to learn and enjoy during the summer. Sometimes it is difficult to come up with new ideas when you are in the moment. Make it easy with our summer activity list!
Animal Movement Dice Game
Play this activity to combine gross motor skills, coordination, balance, and other physical therapy concepts in a fun and interactive game.
Pipe Cleaner Sculptures
This simple activity emphasizes fine motor and concentration skills, while also promoting creativity. With no mess and just a few low-cost supplies you may already have around your home, the sky is the limit for kids to create!
Best Dad Award Craft
Looking for a simple and fun Father's Day craft? Create your own "Best Dad Award" using a paper plate and a few other easily accessed supplies.