Occupational Therapy at Home
As a parent during this crazy time, you might be at home with your kiddo or are looking for ways to fill their time on the weekends. We know it is hard to come up with activities, so we wanted to get together some fun occupational therapy tips to do at home. It's more important now than ever to find ways to retain some normalcy in the midst of uncertainty. So below are some occupational therapy tips to do at home with your littles to help maintain their development.
Fine Motor Activities
- rolling out cookie dough with a rolling pin and making into balls
- cutting speghetti noodles and leaves from outside
- threading pasta noodles (ie. penne, rigatoni, ziti) on straws
- drawing with chalk outside
- painting with flowers
- wrapping play food in foil
- sorting colored candies or pom poms in muffin pans
- scooping and pouring rice/popcorn/beans into different containers
Sensory Processing Activities
- 3-4 step obstacle courses with furniture and child's favorite toys(ie. climbing under chairs, crashing into cushions, animal walks)
- pushing/pulling siblings in laundry baskets/blankets
- pillow fights
- planting a garden
- playing in shaving cream
- finger painting
- painting ice cubes
- sensory bins with food items and toys (rice, beans, cereal, corn)
Social Activities
- hide and seek
- cooking simple recipes
- decorating cookies and cakes
- board games
- pretend play
- Simon says
- acting out stories from a book
Self-Care Activities
- dressing dolls/stuffed animals
- playing dress up
- brushing stuffed animals/dolls hair and teeth