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Activities That Will Blow You Away

Oral Motor Fun: Here are some oral motor strengthening activities for your children, either individually or in a group. It is important to strengthening oral motor musculature for so many daily skills; eating, drinking, speaking. There's the "suck, breath, swallow synchronization" that typically you hear about babies needing to master for nursing, but it also is used to coordinate talking while eating and reading outloud. Oral-breathing activities may also help to calm children.

Blow ZoomBall: You will need a string for the cups to travel along, plastic cups, and two chairs.  Start by cutting a hole in the bottom of the cup and placing the string through it.  Now tie each end of the string to a chair placed a distance apart.  

- Starting the cup on one side, have your child stand behind it.  Ready, Set, Blow!!

- Set up two and have races to the other side of string. 

- Encourage children to use a sustained push of air, rather than huff and puffs.

Oral Motor Mini Golf: You will need a cotton ball for the golf ball, a straw instead of a golf club, and some cups with a large hole cut out on one side.

- Stand the cups upside down, around the room, setting up your golf course.  Choose a Tee-spot to begin from and place your cotton ball on the floor here. With the straw in your mouth, blow air through the straw, moving and manuevering the cotton ball until you reach the hole!.

- You can play lying on your stomach on the floor, or on hands and knees, either way you will work on strengthening neck and upper extremity muscles in addition to breathing and oral motor work.

"Huff & Puff" or Sustained Blowing Items

Dino Blow Cup by pfot.com

Dino Blow Cup: See how long you can blow to keep the balls in the air.

Wood Ball Blower by pfot.com

Wood Ball Blower: Keep it up- Did you notice how hard his eyes are working too!

Pusterfix bubbles by pfot.com

Pusterfix Bear with Bubbles; Squeeze his belly, wand will pop up now Blow! A therapy classic & "must have"!

 

compiled by Lisa W. OT

Frubbles Musical recorder by pfot.com

Frubbles Musical Recorder: Bubbles and music together make this motivating to all!

New Wobble Chairs - Alternative Seats - Foot Fidget Desk!

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New Kore Wobble Chairs - Alternative Seats

Kore Wobble Chair by pfot.com

Gently rounded bottom of this chair alternative, encourages movement while improving tone, posture and position in space awareness. Kore Chairs to work the body core! Variety of sizes and colors available. From Preschool at just 12" high to adults sizes.

 

 

BALL CHAIRS RE-INVENTED: NEW & COOL !

RUNTZ BALL CHAIR by pfot.com

RUNTZ BALL CHAIR:

This cool chair encourages active seating. Anti-burst ball covered in comfortable mesh fabric. 17" seat height, 4 stable legs (no wheels!) Choice of colors and blank vinyl on request. 

ZENERGY BALL CHAIR by pfot.com

ZENERGY BALL CHAIR: 

The big sister to the Runtz chair! Seat height is 23". Comes deflated with a pump. Variety of mesh fabric colors. Vinyl on request.

 

 

ALERTSEAT

AlertSeat by pfot.com

Improve concentration and ability to retain information using this covered, latex-free ball attached to a steel frame with 6 rubber feet. Dolly with locking wheels available. Variety of sizes and colors from PreK through Adult. 

Marshmallow Dough Recipe: 6 large marshmallows 3+ tbsp of corn starch 2 tsp coconut oil (Other oils will also work) Food coloring (Several drops) Note: You will also need a microwave 1. Combine all ingredients and melt the marshmallows, about thirty seconds. 2. Carefully remove the bowl from the microwave and mix with spoon. When cool, start mixing with your hands. 3. If the dough is too sticky, add a little cornstarch Fun, sticky, and tastes good too!

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Marshmellow Fun: All you need is a bag of marshmellow and some toothpicks. See what you can create. Can you make letters? numbers? shapes? - You can also use your marshmellows to paint!

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Who says you have to follow the directions? Here are some other ways to play with cup stackers. - Stack the cups in a pyramid and propel your scooter into them trying to knock it down - Stack the cups into a pyramid and lying prone in front of the pyramid blow and try to knock the cups down. - Roll or throw a ball into the pyramid trying to knock down the pyramid

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Did you know? The World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA) was formed in 2001 for the purpose of promoting and governing sport stacking around the world. The association was originally titled World Cup Stacking Association (WCSA). In 2005, the name was changed to its current WSSA in response to growing awareness that stacking is considered a sport.

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