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OTPlan helps you find pediatric occupational therapy activity ideas by skills to promote and common everyday materials.

Each activity details the purpose, materials needed, process, and how-to images.

All activities are added by a licensed and registered pediatric occupational therapist.

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September 28, 2018

Water Board Tracing

This activity encourages and promotes pre writing skills by allowing the child to practice letter formation using a paint brush and water.

Skills: Grasp, Pincer Grasp, Pre Writing, Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor
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Fun activities and tools to develop and promote fine motor, visual motor, and sensory processing skills.

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Latest Occupational Therapy Activity Ideas

September 28, 2018

Leveled Cup

Skills: Eye-Hand Coordination, Finger Strength, Forearm Pronation, Motor Planning

Promote forearm pronation by filling up paper cups using water bottles.

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September 28, 2018

Paper Bag Fish

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Finger Strength, Grasp, Motor Planning, Pincer Grasp, Tactile Perception (?) Tactile Perception (sometimes referred to as touch perception) is the brain's ability to understand (perceive) what the hands are feeling., Visual Motor

This activity works on grasp and bilateral hand use by creating and painting a fish shape using a paper lunch bag and some yarn.

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September 28, 2018

Tactile Cards

Skills: Stereognosis, Visual Memory, Writing

This activity provides tactile and visual input. In addition, it reinforces letter or sight word recognition.

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September 28, 2018

Hats for All

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Visual Motor

This activity promotes cutting skills and visual motor skills.

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September 28, 2018

Talking Scissors

Skills: Cutting, Finger Strength, Hand Arches/Separation

This is a pre-cutting activity that helps the child in learning the proper way to open and close scissors.

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September 28, 2018

Crossing Colors

Skills: Crossing Midline (?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Tripod Grasp

This activity promotes crossing midline and functional grasp by drawing between vertical lines while standing.

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September 28, 2018

Strengthening Clothespins

Skills: Eye-Hand Coordination, Finger Strength, Visual Perception

This fun activity promotes the child’s finger strength through the play with clothespins. The child will also strengthen color matching skills.

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September 28, 2018

Finger Puppet Mouse

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Eye-Hand Coordination, Visual Motor

Create a finger puppet mouse while working on visual motor and eye-hand coordination skills using construction paper and glue.

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September 28, 2018

Balance the Beans

Skills: Balance (?) The ability to move or remain in a certain position without losing control or falling., Eye-Hand Coordination, Motor Planning, Tactile Perception (?) Tactile Perception (sometimes referred to as touch perception) is the brain's ability to understand (perceive) what the hands are feeling.

This activity promotes balance and eye-hand coordination. In addition, it provides tactile input as the child submerges his hand in a container filled with beans.

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September 28, 2018

The Battle of the Bottles

Skills: Body Awareness (?) The sense and understanding of the location of the different body parts, as well as how they move., Proprioception, Upper Body Strength

This activity provides heavy work through lifting and carrying. The child receives proprioceptive input which may help in strengthening the upper body and improve body awareness.

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