*This post contains affiliate links. Read more. The taste and smell of watermelon just screams “SUMMER!” to me. Cool and crisp and it smells soooooo good!! For me, that watermelon smell brings back memories of chewing watermelon flavored gum while playing basketball as a kid. I thought it would be fun to create some scratch and sniff stickers with a watermelon scent that could be made even after the warm days of summer fade away! Looking for some stickers of your own? Check out these cute therapy stickers! Perfect for your water bottle, travel mug, or laptop! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: ... Read More about FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: DIY WATERMELON SCRATCH ‘N SNIFF STICKERS
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SENSORY ACTIVITIES: TRANSPORTATION FEEL AND FIND GAME
The ability to find an object and know exactly what that object is by just touching it is an amazing part of our Tactile System called stereognosis. It’s almost like a power a superhero would have, isn’t it? In this activity, kids will use this superpower to figure out which vehicles they’re feeling with their hands without even looking!Looking for other transportation activities? Try these transportation skip counting puzzles! Transportation Feel & Find Game What You'll Need: -Free vehicle printable-An empty box-Toy vehicles that correlate with the pictures on the ... Read More about SENSORY ACTIVITIES: TRANSPORTATION FEEL AND FIND GAME
SPARKLY SENSORY STARFISH
We visit the beach every single summer. Every year when we visit the tourist shops that have aisles and aisles of beach souvenirs to choose from, my children always seem to end up by the bins of shells. Running their hands across all the different textures and shapes. Starfish always seem to win out with their bumpy, pointy textures. I keep hoping one year we will catch a glimpse of a live one in the sand. The kids would be overjoyed! For today, we’ll keep our real shell collections on the shelf and have some fun creating one of my favorite ocean crafts for kids: a textured starfish craft! Get ... Read More about SPARKLY SENSORY STARFISH
NAUGHTY OR NICE? GAME TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
How many of you use the Elf on the Shelf or the impending Santa visit as bait for good behavior for the holidays?? It works like a charm for my 4 year old. It’s to the point now that he will walk a little taller and speak a little quieter when we pass Santa at the mall. This is an activity we do to enforce the kind of behavior that warrants a visit from the big guy and which behavior deserves of a lump of coal! :) WHAT YOU'LL NEED: The actions printable found here, a stocking or other Christmasy container! WHAT TO DO: Print the list of actions from our Freebies and cut each one into a ... Read More about NAUGHTY OR NICE? GAME TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
The Kids Table: 15 Creative Dinner Table Games and Activities for Kids
These fun dinner table games and activities are the perfect way to keep kids entertained during Thanksgiving dinner or just a weeknight family sit-down! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. We all experienced it for ourselves way back when, and now we get to be on the observing end of the chaos that ensues at the kids table on Thanksgiving Day. Looking for activities to entertain kids at Thanksgiving? We’ve got you covered! Dinner Table Games for Kids 1 || Place a large sheet of white or brown paper down on the table as a table cloth with a pile of markers ... Read More about The Kids Table: 15 Creative Dinner Table Games and Activities for Kids
4 Fun Ways to Learn and Play With Leaves
These fun fall activities are the perfect way to combine fine motor skill development and hand strengthening with cognitive skills! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. All of these leaf-themed activities would be awesome to use as a push-in lesson plan for therapists working in preschool or kindergarten, for teachers to try with their students, or parents to try at home! What You'll Need -Leaves -Clothespins (paint them or color them with marker to match your colored leaves) What to Do First, go on a leaf hunt! Be sure to get a good variety of colors, shapes, and ... Read More about 4 Fun Ways to Learn and Play With Leaves
CHURNING UP SOME FUN!
Who knew that making butter could be such a fun motor skills challenge? Try this simple activity and use it as another opportunity to talk to kids about where their food comes from and how it’s made. And excuse this little guy for being in his pajamas, but homemade butter goes great on blueberry muffins for breakfast! WHAT TO DO: Clean out a small baby food jar and pour in a small amount of heavy cream (the more you use the longer it will take to solidify, so just a little goes a long way). Then…start shaking! HOW TO CHANGE IT UP: -Instruct kids to hold the jar using both hands (to keep ... Read More about CHURNING UP SOME FUN!
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