Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids: 100 Fun Games and Exercises to Build Skills
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Watch your child develop the skills to thrive with occupational therapy—for kids ages 1 to 6
Occupational therapy uses simple, fun activities to help kids learn the skills they need for daily life, from eating meals and writing the alphabet to socializing with friends and family. Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids is designed to help children at all developmental ability levels strengthen those skills by playing their way through 100 exciting exercises that are easy to do at home anytime.
This family-friendly guide offers concise information on how occupational therapy works and shows you how to apply it in a way that benefits your child. The games are even divided into chapters based on different types of occupational therapy skills—sensory processing, motor, social-emotional, and cognitive and visual processing—so you can focus on the ones that are most important for your child.
Occupational Therapy Activities for Kids offers:
- Customizable for your kid—Every chapter starts with the simplest activities and increases in complexity, with tips on how to make each activity easier or harder.
- No experience necessary—From Balloon Volleyball to Find the Treasure, most exercises can be done with things you probably already have in your home. No prior knowledge or special tools required.
- All kids, all ages—These occupational therapy activities are built for kids 1 to 6 years old with various developmental challenges, but they can help all kids improve their physical, social-emotional, and cognitive abilities.
Make it fun and easy to practice occupational therapy with your child every day
It gave me so many ideas to play with my little one at home
It is full of 100 games and exercises which are clearly laid out for the parent. For example, for the Scavenger Hunt activity, a complete set of sample rhyming clues is included. This will really help parents who need some activities modeled for them. It’s way more helpful than just saying, "you should do some shaving cream play." Age, prep time, activity time, materials, steps, and skills learned are included for every activity; for many, there are suggestions for how to make an activity easier or harder as needed.
The chapters are Sensory Processing Skills, Motor Skills, Social-Emotional Skills, and Cognitive and Visual Processing Skills.
This book is especially great for homeschool moms & dads as well, because you have lot of time each day to incorporate these ideas. Since OT activities are fun for everyone, you could easily fold them right into your household repertoire of games, knowing that your small child is getting what he/she needs and siblings who are joining in are having fun too!
I received a free advance copy from the publisher and am giving an honest non-compulsory review.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. My review is my honest opinion.
The book is separated into chapters and relate to different areas, or combined areas, including sensory processing, motor skills, social-emotional, cognitive and visual processing. Skills are noted based on age and development and address foundational levels of development. Each activity notes age, prep and activity time, materials, steps, safety, and how to modify or grade it according to age and skill level. Most activities can be done with simple materials that most of us probably already have at home. The activities are well thought out and the steps are easy to follow.
Although the book notes that this book was created mainly for parents and caregivers, this is a valuable resource for the experienced therapist, new therapist, fieldwork students, teachers, and other allied professions.
I received this book from the publisher and asked for my honest review.
Play is the foundation for overall development, health, and well-being. Most of the physical games require very little space indoor, using foods, blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, exercise balls, foam mats cardboard boxes, etc, for games like Ball Fishing, Water Pouring Contest, Drumming & Dancing, Indoor Obstacle Course. The activities range from simple licking and tasting foods, dump truck races to more advanced topics of discussing emotions and strategies for dealing with stressful situations. But most importantly, for parents to observe and take note of the kids' sensory needs and challenging to focus the activities on.
I received this book for free from the publisher.
This book is different. it gets children involved in activities that are fun, but also teach important life skills and make the child smarter in a way that does not seem like work nor seem like a chore. The child will actually have fun! This book is well organized, showing activities sorted by the different types of skills, such as cognitive skills, that are targeted by an activity. With 100 activities, the book will provide activities that any child will enjoy. No more wondering what to do on a rain day, work with the child to pick an activity and keep the child entertained, while you as the parent realize that the child is actually learning skills.
I received a free copy from the publisher.