New! Cupcake Sensory-Motor Checklist

Good observational skills are essential. Test yours with this entertaining Cupcake-based sensory-motor checklist Good observational skills are essential. You can learn so much about a child just by watching & using your clinical experience to interpret what you see (followed by real testing - of course!)  So we thought we'd have a little fun. Very loosely based upon the best-selling book - "All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten", we created:  "The Child Cupcake Sensory-Motor Checklist - An Observational Guide" Download a copy of The Cupcake Checklist: HERE Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Gross Motor Fun with Stickers!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Pocket Full of Therapy Foot Prints: Can you follow the map? Follow the footprints down the path for a gross-motor, motor-planning, sequencing and processing challenge. You get 10 mats or markers to position on the floor and 12 footprint maps to follow. Put down on the floor as many circles as shown on your map. Players stand in the start position and perform the action as demonstrated by your maps footprints, i.e.; if both footprints are pictured inside the circle...jump so both of your feet land that way. If the map shows the right foot in a circle and the left one out, then you do the same. The footprint maps become more complex as you go with crossed, sideways and alternating patterns possible. If a player has trouble interpreting how to do what the footprints show, let them follow someone else through the path. Where will the footprints lead you...? Follow Us on Pinterest! Gross motor Fun with Stickers! Really! Ok- Gross motor AND Fine motor work... Great for small groups or individual play. Uses plain round stickers of any size or whatever you have on hand. Don't have stickers? Give each player small  pieces of masking tage that they need to color. Set-up: (student participation required) Start with about 6' of plain paper (butcher block, craft, tape opened brown bags together, back side of gift wrap...). Draw a straight line down the long length of the paper, then several lines across the width of the paper forming squares at least 6-8" big. Now give each student 6-12  simple colored stickers. Each student can have a variety of colors or each can have their own color. Ask students to place their stickers anywhere on the paper. BUT they can not touch any line, any other sticker and they can not put more than 4 stickers of the same color in each square. Let's Play! There are several ways to play with your new sticker board. - Color jump: each player chooses a different color. On their turn, players must jump or hop to each of that color sticker. If a box doesn't have that color they must skip it. - Sticker Twister: Call out a color and hand or foot and players must place that body part on a corresponding sticker. For younger players, skip the right-left directions and just focus on hand or foot. - Make activity cards ahead of time. Each card has a different task such as: Make 5 red sticker's into a flower; 6 yellow into sun's; write each letter from your name in a different sticker; solve simple math problems putting one number from the answer in a different sticker; write your pets name (or my pets name); favorite sports team; etc - Connect the Dots (Stickers): Assign each player a color and ask them to draw a line connecting that color sticker. Add a challenge: You can not go through any sticker; you can not cross your own line; you can not connect 2 dots in a box to each other. Now drive cars or blow cotton balls down your path. Other Sticker fun... Use stickers - match letters, capital to lowercase, Shapes, number to dice dots, etc. And it's re-useable! Next student just does opposite. Write students name or spelling word, then student lays stickers on the line. Critical thinking fun: Write 4-5 letters or numbers scattered on a page. Repeat each several times. Then make an answer key. Write the number/letter and place a colored sticker next to it. Ask the student to cover all of the numbers/letters with the correct colored sticker. You're receiving this because you subscribed or placed an order with Pocket Full of Therapy. We will NEVER share or sell your info. Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe Contact Us: (800) PFOT-124 (732) 462-4474 *An OT is always available to answer questions or assist in selecting the right item!

"Yes-Please Touch!"

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DIY Sensory Wall, New Games now in, Free Shipping & Cyber Specials! "Please don't Touch the walls!" A common sentence heard in hallways everywhere...  but with a little creativity,  the right materials and time, you can change that to: "Please Feel and Touch as you go by" Textures are in picture frames, then mounted to wall or room dividers. Embroidery Hoops hold the material and then are mounted to wall. They don't have to be all squares - be artistic! Mix media & textures for interest & variety. Ideas on How to Fasten: Screws would be ideal, especially if permanent Staple to bulletin boards Command Strips Painters Tape Picture Frames Gift Boxes attached to bulletin board These are colorful cutting boards - they can be placed on floor or wall. Material Ideas: Rug Squares Felt Shapes Pompoms Fuzzy Mop Head Bubble Wrap Artificial Grass Pipe Cleaners Cork Textured Wallpaper Pencils or Twigs Glued together Burlap, Velvet, Fake Fur, Corrugated Cardboard Pool Noodles cut lengthwise Cheerleader Pompom Sandpaper Need Game Ideas: Treasure Rush takes players on fun, fast paced, Indiana Jones type adventure improving their ability to; focus, process visual information, visually scan and use hands to manipulate cards quickly. The Beaker Game: challenges players to move the 6 colorful molecules at the bottom of their beakers around so they match the arrangement seen on the formula cards. The tricky part is players can only use their stirring rod to interact with the molecules and the special rotating platform. Navigating the molecules, one at a time, into the correct positions strengthens motor planning, Go Go Gelato!  Using 4 cones, 3 scoops, 2 hands, and 1 challenge card, players, race to fill customers’ orders as quickly as they can! Pass the scoops back and forth between your cones, being careful to not touch or drop them.  Make your cones match the card. Helps reinforce visual-spatial skills, problem solving, attention to detail and hand and arm skills. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Flashlight Fun & Games

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Pocket Full of Therapy DAY AND NIGHT: A Shadow Game DAY & NIGHT: A unique way to address visual perception, design copy, shape and color recognition and fine motor skills. Player needs to recreate the picture shown. In the "day" version: the picture clearly shows the color & shapes of individual wood pieces needed to recreate the picture. The night picture only shows the silhouettes of the pieces with no details provided. Greater visual perception, logical reasoning and problem solving skills are required.  More Hand Shadows: Materials like pipe cleaners, can help to make hand shadows Flashlight Fun & Games! Kids LOVE flashlights and shadows. There is just something mysterious and exciting about the dark. So let's use their intrinsic curiosity for skill development and let's have some fun too! Hand Shadows Positioning fingers and hands to look like animal shadows has been around forever. Here are some ideas: some simple, others complex, and some unusual ones too. Click pictures to print the images * All images can be found on Pinterest Other Shadow Games: Shadow Tracing: Standing the object on a wood block pedestal makes them seem more majestic or like statutes.  Also note how the light comes from the side, allowing the child to freely trace without getting in the way of the shadow. Use opposite side for lefties. Flashlight Tag: Project your light to a specific spot and ask everyone to get their light on to yours. Or project your light onto the floor and ask everyone to run and stomp on it. Then quickly move it to another spot. Morse Code Messages:  We found this guide on pinterest that shows how the codes were devrived for each letter. It makes it alittle easier to understand. But a pencil and paper is still needed. Click the picture for the full chart.  Need a flashlight? Borrow one from a family member or custodian. Hardware stores, supermarkets, and most conveniece stores sell them. Frequently they are in economical packs.  Remember extra batteries too! Eco Flashlites are hand powered. So hands get a workout too! PFOT's are $9.95 Mini Flashlites on keychains throw alot of light. PFOT's are only $1.50 You're receiving this because you subscribed or placed an order with Pocket Full of Therapy. We will NEVER share or sell your info. Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe Contact Us: (800) PFOT-124 (732) 462-4474 *An OT is always available to answer questions or assist in selecting the right item!