Check out these awesome scarf activities for kids that promote all kinds of motor skills! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. I love scarf games and activities for so many reasons! You’ll find tons of fun ways to play with scarves in my book, ABC’s of Active Learning: Multisensory Literacy Activities.Scarf games and activities activities are excellent, non-threatening ways to introduce catching skills to children. The scarf moves more slowly than a ball and provides children frequent and easy opportunities to catch it as it falls. Successful manipulation of scarves ... Read More about Scarf Games & Activities for Kids
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Hand Strengthening Through Everyday Play
Check out some of our favorite ideas to build hand strength through everyday play! Strong hands are an important component of developmental skill building for all kids! Think about all of the functional tasks that kids use their hands for on a daily basis: opening doors, turning on faucets, buttoning clothing, holding and controlling a pencil…Pediatric occupational therapists spend all kinds of time creating and implementing programs designed to improve a child’s hand strength. And, at The Inspired Treehouse, we have posted many of our favorite ways to make little hands strong through ... Read More about Hand Strengthening Through Everyday Play
Simple Core Strengthening With a Playground Ball
These simple core strengthening ideas use a simple prop that almost everyone has on hand! When you think of kids and their favorite toys, what is the most universal one that comes to mind? A ball, of course!Balls can be used indoors or out, they can be dribbled, bounced, tossed, kicked or caught, and they can be large or small. One thing is for sure, kids love balls! And, guess what? So do pediatric physical and occupational therapists! Why? Because they are the perfect props for promoting a ton of developmental skills for kids.One of the most important aspects of child development ... Read More about Simple Core Strengthening With a Playground Ball
Prone Position: 14 Fun Activities for Kids!
These prone position play activities are great for building core strength and endurance to support fine motor development. *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Tummy time isn’t just for babies! It can be just as beneficial for older kids, too! Recently, we have come across several kids who just don’t have the muscle endurance to stay on their bellies and play! Why? These are the kiddos that spent very little time on their tummies as babies and, often, didn’t even crawl! They are the kids who may seem a bit “floppy” and have poor core strength. Maybe they’re ... Read More about Prone Position: 14 Fun Activities for Kids!
Boxing Gloves for Kids: 7 Fun Activities
The Inspired Treehouse - Read on to learn how a pair of boxing gloves can go a long way toward encouraging calmer, more focused behavior in the classroom! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Last week, I was called into classroom by a frustrated teacher. She explained to me that a child in her class couldn’t sit still and was demonstrating some serious problems with self-regulation. As a therapist, my first instinct was to think about what this child was seeking...was it attention or sensory input? I always tend to try to improve situations like this with a therapeutic ... Read More about Boxing Gloves for Kids: 7 Fun Activities
Distance & Angle Movement Activity for Kids
This fun movement activity for older kids is a great way to introduce the concepts of distance and angle. We’re so excited to be sharing an activity today from education.com! This activity is geared toward 5th through 8th graders and is an awesome way to get kids up and moving while also honing in on physics concepts. Perfect for a push-in therapy activity where you’re able to target academic skills and ball skills at the same time! Activity Objective & Purpose Objective: To find the angle that allows a thrown ball to travel the furthest. Purpose: To attempt to throw a ball ... Read More about Distance & Angle Movement Activity for Kids
Active Learning Strategies: 25 Games and Activities to Get Kids Moving and Learning!
At The Inspired Treehouse, we're big advocates of active learning for kids. These awesome active learning strategies, games, and activities are the perfect way to get kids moving and learning! As kids come off of long summer breaks with days filled from with continuous movement from dawn to dusk, it can be hard for them to sit still and pay attention to learning activities for any stretch of time. We’re pretty sure that it’s hard for teachers to sit still all day too! To us, nothing is more important, especially during the transition from summer to school, than getting kids up out of ... Read More about Active Learning Strategies: 25 Games and Activities to Get Kids Moving and Learning!
100 Classroom Centers Ideas for Building Motor Skills
Fine motor and gross motor classroom center activities are a great way for teachers and therapists to pack some extra punch when it comes to developmental skills! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. What Are Classroom Centers? In most preschool, primary, and elementary classrooms, at some point during the day, you’ll find some version of “center time”. Centers are stations that are set up in different areas around the classroom, each with an activity to target a different academic or other skill (e.g. literacy, handwriting, math). Students are divided into small groups to ... Read More about 100 Classroom Centers Ideas for Building Motor Skills
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