These easy paper crafts for kids have become some of our most popular activities here at The Inspired Treehouse! Your kids will love the process of creating these punchy Christmas trees, and you'll love how easy the setup and cleanup is! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: -Canvas board or heavy cardstock -ModPodge or other clear drying glue -White paint (or just ModPodge if you like your background color) -Glitter -A circle hole punch -Scrapbook paper or paint sample chips WHAT TO DO: Pour some white paint and a hefty amount of glitter onto your canvas board. Have the kids paint it until the ... Read More about CHRISTMAS PAPER CRAFTS FOR KIDS: PUNCHY CHRISTMAS TREE
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EASY BILATERAL COORDINATION ACTIVITY FOR KIDS
Searching for a super easy bilateral coordination activity that also targets grasping skills, dexterity, and visual motor integration? Look no further! This is the one for you! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Early in my school-based OT career, I learned a very important lesson: always make friends with the kindergarten teachers. First of all, they’re awesome (you have to be awesome if you can maintain your sanity in a room with twenty five 5-year-olds all day). Second of all, they’re always giving away fabulous (and usually really strange and random) supplies to ... Read More about EASY BILATERAL COORDINATION ACTIVITY FOR KIDS
DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS: A IS FOR AGILITY
A is for AGILITY Agility is the ability to be in motion, stop, change direction and get moving again. Agility also refers to how quickly a person can perform all of these movements. This becomes an important skill when your child begins to express interest in sports and he wants to improve his athletic performance. Agility is strongly connected to strength, balance and coordination. The stronger your child’s body is, the more control she has over her muscles and the more coordinated, balanced, and agile she will be! Babies are working on beginning aspects of agility when they start ... Read More about DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS: A IS FOR AGILITY
20 Fun Fine Motor Skills Games & Activities for Kids
These fun fine motor skills games and activities for kids are perfect for working on fine motor control and would be great to use as as fine motor skills tasks in the classroom or therapy room! 20 Fun Fine Motor Skills Games & Activities for Kids These creative activities for fine motor skills are perfect for targeting all kinds of fine motor skills and would be great to use in the classroom as warm-ups before handwriting activities or to give busy little hands something to do during downtime at home.I often leave fun fine motor skills activities in the classroom for kids to use ... Read More about 20 Fun Fine Motor Skills Games & Activities for Kids
Halloween Movement Activities and Fine Motor Fun
If you're looking for fun, simple Halloween movement activities and fine motor fun that give a big boost to developmental skills...you've come to the right place! Try a few of these Halloween movement activities, crafts, and games to keep kids entertained at a Halloween party, or bring them into the classroom to celebrate this spooky time of year with your students!All of these activities are designed to promote gross motor, fine motor, and sensory development. So they're more than just fun...they're good for kids too! Halloween Movement and Fine MotorActivities for ... Read More about Halloween Movement Activities and Fine Motor Fun
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: SOCCER BALL CHALLENGE
Coming from the resident physical therapist, you might be expecting a gross motor activity when I mention the words “soccer dribble”. But not today! I have spent enough time co-treating with my OT friends to know that being able to follow a line with a pencil or even a finger is a major visual motor challenge. Activities like these are awesome for pre-writing skills too! Left to right, up and down, straight and curvy lines -- this Soccer Dribble Challenge covers them all. WHAT YOU NEED: Free printable, a pencil WHAT TO DO: There are 4 different ways to “dribble” the soccer ball ... Read More about FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: SOCCER BALL CHALLENGE
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: FOOTBALL PASS ROUTE TRACING
Pass routes are the different patterns that a football receiver runs. These routes vary in both direction and distance and are used so that a quarterback knows ahead of time where the receiver is going to be to catch the ball. We thought it would be fun to turn pass route patterns into a fun fine motor activity for kids. This activity is awesome for building those prewriting skills - your kiddo will get great practice with tracing vertical, horizontal, diagonal and curvy lines! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Football pass routes printable, pencil WHAT TO DO: Have your child start on the green ... Read More about FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: FOOTBALL PASS ROUTE TRACING
400 Therapist-Approved Activities for Kids
Check out hundreds of our therapist-designed and therapist-approved activities for kids - perfect to use in the classroom, the therapy room or at home! 400 Therapist-Approved Ideas and Activities for Kids Welcome to The Inspired Treehouse! Below, you'll find links to all of our favorite activities and ideas for promoting healthy motor, sensory, and cognitive development in kids! These activities for kids were created and tested by pediatric therapists - so they're tried and true! The activities are organized into kid-friendly themes that may match up with seasonal or study ... Read More about 400 Therapist-Approved Activities for Kids