Snowy Day Fun... With or Without the SNOW!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Pocket Full of Therapy Product Highlight Insta Snow: All you need to add to this awesome product is water.    Insta Snow makes 3-4 gallons of packable snow! Item # T1011 Snowy Day Fun With or Without the SNOW! There is no reason why you can't enjoy the snow even if it doesn't snow where you live!  Here are some super fun snowy ideas for home or school.  Snowy Day Fun Shaving Cream Ice Skating: This is an old favorite and one of the most fun classroom groups all year.  Our students love it!! If you are lucky enough to have a space and some therapy mats, you are good to go! The only other thing you will need is shaving cream.  - Have your children come in, take off there shoes and socks, then roll up their pant legs. - Spray the mats with shaving cream and one at a time go for a skate.  - It is messy but so much fun! When they get the hang of skating on shaving cream, ask them to skate with a friend or turn around on the "ice" - For easier clean up, tape a large plastuc tablecloth or shower curtain liner over the mats.  For a cleaner version of skating indoors without the ice you can use carpet squares or pieces of towels as skates.  Cut the pieces one to two inches larger then your child's shoe.  Have them stand on the square and skate around the floor.  MakeYour Own Snow! Too hot to snow where you live?  Make your own snow with these easy recipes     Snow: All you need is baking soda and shaving cream.  Pour shaving cream in a large bowl or bin and slowly add your shaving cream.  If you have a large group you can use one box of baking soda to one box of shaving cream.     Snow Dough: All you need is 2 cups of corn starch and one cup of hair conditioner.  Mix together and play!!    No Mix Snow: Don't feel like pouring and mixing ingredients?  Some items in your house that look like snow- mashed potato flakes,  sugar and powdered sugar, salt, and baking soda.  Pour one of these on a tray and practice drawing and writing in snow.  Let's Write About It! Sitting in the car, in the doctor's office waiting room, or for handwriting practice, here are some fun story starters:     We sat on our sled, sped down the hill, went over a bump and......     As we looked up in the sky, the largest snowflakes ever fell and....      We built a snow family and when we started singing they started    dancing and.... We fell in the snow and.... My dad turned the snowblower on and Thank you to all our Pinterest Friends! Please Share and Like us on Facebook also! Compiled by Lisa Walker OT 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!

Let's make Letters!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Pocket Full of Therapy Construct-A-Sale ! Place your order today for the Letter Construction Activity Set and receive 10% off your entire order.  Orders must be placed online by Friday at noon & contain Letter Construction Activity Set.  Item #W7868. Discount applied upon download and processing. *Not valid on drop shipments or other items indicated with a *. Can not be combined with any other discount or offer.  Valid within 48 contiguous US.  Follow us on Pinterest! Send us your pins too! Construct A Letter Letter Construction Activity Set:  This awesome new product is a must buy!  Attractive, beautifully made set of 60 color coded plastic pieces snap together to build all the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.  Activity cards show you what component pieces you need to collect and provide a full color guild for construction.  Reinforce letter construction, prewriting skills along with motor planning and fine motor skills.  Largest piece is 10" in length.  Item # W7868 What Else Can We Use? While the above product is an awesome addition to any therapy bag or play room, there are some easy at home items you can use to form letters, numbers, and shapes.  Practice letter formation with more than pencil and paper, you can use: Popsicle sticks and straws: You can form all kinds of shapes, letters, and numbers.  The curves are difficult with popsicle sticks but you can use pipe cleaners or string to form those little and big curves. Salt or sugar: On a cookie sheet or tray, pour enough sugar or salt to cover the bottom and have your children form the letters, numbers, or shapes.  Zip loc bag and pudding: Place some pudding about half way full in a zip loc bag.  Seal the bag and lay flat on the table.  Easily write letters, numbers, words, or shapes.  You can place the bag on colored paper for a better contrast.  You can also use paint, shaving cream, or shampoo in your zip loc bag.  Gross Motor Letter Fun Forming letters isn't just for the table.  All you need is a roll of tape and some space.  With your tape form letters on the floor.  You can make them small or large.  Here is an activity for each: Make small (approx. 12 inches) letters with tape on the floor.  Have your child take their favorite cars or dolls and see if they can form the letters over the tape.  Make numbers and shapes as well.  You can also use buttons, coins, or pasta Make large letters: you may not have room for many, depending on where you are but form letters with tape (approx, 3 feet in height).  Now you can use them as part of an obstacle course or gross motor game.  Propel your scoorer in the form of the letter.  Or jump from top to bottom.  Make sure you form your letter correclty even with jumping, hopping, or walking on them.  Story Starting Fun We were hiking through the woods when we reached a clearing and.... We were having a crazy talent show at school, my act is going to be.... We packed up a bunch of stuff and .... We jumped so many times,  we almost...  Thank you pinterest friends!  Follow us on Facebook! Complied by Lisa Walker OTR 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!

Valentine's Day Fun

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Pocket Full of Therapy Product Highlight Seek a Boo: Fun picture card game, 36 large "Seek Me" cards and 36 Smaller, matching "Find me" cards.  Scatter the photo cards around an area, face up or down depending on challenge level.  Players must now seek out the matches.  Cards have photos of flood, clothing, animals, colors and everyday activities.  Great visual scanning activity!  Item # E3223 Large Popbeads On Sale Now Hearts, stars, and teddy bears push them together and strengthen those fingers, 36 beads and 24 rings   Item # P990 Sale Price $3.95 Happy Valentine's Day Fun February 14th is just around the corner! Here are some fun activities to fill your week ahead! Heart Hide and Seek: Cut some hearts out of different colored construction paper and hide them through out the room.  Ready, set, find! Who can find the most hearts?   You can also write a letter on each heart- now you have to find certain letters and race to the finish.  For example; Joey has to find letters J-O-E-Y before he can run to the finish line! Heart Hyperdash: Spread out your paper hearts, you can write letters, numbers, or shapes on them.  Everyone gathers in the middle, taking turns you call out a letter and your child has to run and find that letter.  Next child finds the next letter called out.  Modify your game with calling out shapes or colors.  And you don't have to run to your heart- you can jump, hop, skip, crab walk, or slither like a snake!   "Crafty" Hearts Heart Suncatchers: You will need white coffee filters, water colors, and an eye dropper.  Cut your coffee filters into heart shapes.  Place your colors in small cups and spread out your coffee filters, flat on table.  Take one drop at a time of your Valentine color and squeeze onto the coffee filter.  Do this a couple of times. When you  are finished with your colors- wet the coffee filter (do not soak), squeeze and done! You have a beautiful suncatcher to hang in your window.   You can also place Water color in a spray bottle and spray the coffee filter with color.     Yarn Hearts: All you need is yarn and some glue!  Cut about one two feet of red or pink yarn, place yarn in a cup/bowl of glue.  As you pull the yarn out of the glue, ring it out.  Now place on a piece of wax paper in a heart shape.  Let dry over night! Let's Write About It! Start your story with these fun pictures and sentences.... 1.  We broke open the large box of chocolates but there wasn't chocolate inside, there was...... 2.  We went outside to pick flowerS but they had turned into candy!  There was a Starburst flower, Chocolate flowers and..... My pet made me a Valentine, it looked like.... I thought I saw Cupid flying through the air, but it was.... Valentine Savings Take ten percent off your order totaling $50.00 or more.  Place your online order by Saturday February 14th at midnight.  Use the code "Hearts2015" when placing your order.  * Not valid on drop shipments.  Orders must be within the 48 contiguous US.  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!