This awesome Back to School Movement Scavenger Hunt for the Classroom will get kids acquainted with their classroom in a unique way!
We’ve been working hard on an amazing new pack of products designed to inspire co-treatment ideas between therapists. More on that soon!
In the meantime, we thought we’d give you a sneak peak into some of the great ideas that we have in store!
Co-treatment is a great way to infuse the skill sets of all related therapy services into the classroom, allowing teachers, classroom aides and even parents to see how the efforts of these professionals can carry over in a very functional way.
Often, the strategies and activities used during co-treatment sessions and sessions where therapists push into the classroom can be used on a daily basis in the classroom and at home to continue practicing the important skills that kids need to be successful even after the therapy sessions are over.
Today’s scavenger hunt would be perfect for an OT and PT team to use as a push-in co-treatment session!
Try this activity with these free printable back to school hats from Books and Giggles! We love pairing movement activities with crafts to target a whole range of motor and sensory skills!
Looking for more scavenger hunt fun? Check out this outdoor scavenger hunt for kids!
Back to School Activity Pack
This pack of back to school printables is perfect for teachers, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, and physical therapists!
If you’re looking for fun, fresh fine motor and gross motor back to school printables for your therapy practice or classroom, this pack is for you! Work on skills like balance, strength, social interactions, scissor skills, prewriting, visual skills, and more with these creative activities.
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What you’ll need:
–The printable Back to School Movement Scavenger Hunt for the Classroom (scroll down for the form)
-Classroom supplies: scissors, paper, crayons/markers, books)
What to do:
After downloading the scavenger hunt for the classroom printable, provide a copy to each child to complete on their own or complete this activity as a group, assigning each child to be the leader or to complete one of the individual challenges.
How to change it up:
-Break the scavenger hunt down into the individual activities to use as “sprints”/movement breaks throughout the school day.
-Take some of the scavenger hunt challenges outside for something different!
-Change up the challenges to meet the needs and abilities of the kids in your group. Simplify by breaking the multi-step challenges into smaller parts, completing them one at a time. Make it more challenging by giving the multi-step directions all at one time, so kids have to remember and sequence the steps.
-Try these fun All About Me Preschool Worksheets as another fun back to school activity!
More Back to School Fun!
School Bus Rhyme and Movement Activity
This free printable school bus movement rhyme is the perfect way to introduce young students to their classroom and new friends.
Getting to Know You Activity Pack
Check out our favorite download for helping kids get to know more about their friends! Perfect for therapy room or classroom use!
Back to School Movement and Memory Game
If you’re looking for creative movement activities and fun group activities for your classroom or therapy room – you won’t want to miss this awesome idea!
6 Smart Ways to Get Kids Ready for School
Getting ready for school involves a lot more than checking off the items on that back-to-school supply and knowing those ABCs. These are some of the most important functional skills kids need to be successful in the classroom.
