Ball - OTPlan https://otplan.com/material/ball/ OTPlan - Pediatric Occupational Therapy Activities & Ideas for Parents Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:37:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/otplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-72dpi_OT-full.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ball - OTPlan https://otplan.com/material/ball/ 32 32 163641829 Moving Target Delivery https://otplan.com/activity/moving-target-delivery/ https://otplan.com/activity/moving-target-delivery/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:51:16 +0000 https://otplan.com/activity/moving-target-delivery/ This activity helps your child practice using their hands and eyes together. They must track a moving target while stabilizing their body. The precision needed to drop a button into a small cup builds essential pincer grasp strength. This task improves hand dexterity, which is important for writing and self-feeding. Moving the body to follow the rolling ball also challenges their balance and motor planning skills. It is a fun way to combine big body movement with tiny, precise handwork.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/moving-target-delivery/feed/ 0 5011817 Laundry Basket Skee-Ball https://otplan.com/activity/laundry-basket-skee-ball/ https://otplan.com/activity/laundry-basket-skee-ball/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:09:00 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=4010899 This activity is a fun, physically engaging game that helps children practice controlling their body movements and aiming. By rolling sock "balls" up a ramp into baskets of different distances, they learn to adjust the force of their throws to reach a specific target.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/laundry-basket-skee-ball/feed/ 0 4010899 Crumple Pin Bowling https://otplan.com/activity/crumple-pin-bowling/ https://otplan.com/activity/crumple-pin-bowling/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:04:11 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=5011322 This fun game helps strengthen the small muscles in the hands by crumpling the paper rolls into stiff pins, and it practices aim, motor planning, and grading force (proprioception) during the rolling action.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/crumple-pin-bowling/feed/ 0 5011322 Shoulder Strength Leopard Crawl https://otplan.com/activity/shoulder-strength-leopard-crawl/ https://otplan.com/activity/shoulder-strength-leopard-crawl/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:46:55 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=3437 This activity works on shoulder strength using a leopard crawl obstacle course.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/shoulder-strength-leopard-crawl/feed/ 0 3437 A Day at the Beach Obstacle Course https://otplan.com/activity/a-day-at-the-beach-obstacle-course/ https://otplan.com/activity/a-day-at-the-beach-obstacle-course/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:17:58 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=1008 This obstacle course helps in providing light proprioceptive input through lifting and carrying and through raising and lowering the body. In addition, the child is working on improving body awareness.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/a-day-at-the-beach-obstacle-course/feed/ 0 1008 Toss it Catch it https://otplan.com/activity/toss-it-catch-it/ https://otplan.com/activity/toss-it-catch-it/#respond Fri, 17 May 2019 21:35:09 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=1023 The activity is designed for children as young as 2 years old and works on eye-hand coordination and the development of large motor skills. In addition, this activity requires team work and direct interaction between the child and the therapist/caregiver.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/toss-it-catch-it/feed/ 0 1023 Proprioceptive Wall Walking https://otplan.com/activity/wall-walking/ https://otplan.com/activity/wall-walking/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:30:18 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=1001 A quick activity for poprioceptive input through the feet, the ankles, and the knees by simply mimicking walking on a wall.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/wall-walking/feed/ 0 1001 Midline Passing https://otplan.com/activity/midline-passing/ https://otplan.com/activity/midline-passing/#respond Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:25:19 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=832 Work on crossing midline by passing an object between 2 or more participants.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/midline-passing/feed/ 0 832 Crab Walk Soccer https://otplan.com/activity/crab-walk-soccer/ https://otplan.com/activity/crab-walk-soccer/#respond Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:17:39 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=637 This activity provides proprioceptive input by using a crab-walk. In addition, the child is working on perception of movement and balance.

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]]> https://otplan.com/activity/crab-walk-soccer/feed/ 0 637 Ball Bopp https://otplan.com/activity/ball-bopp/ https://otplan.com/activity/ball-bopp/#respond Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:10:16 +0000 https://otplan.com/?post_type=activities&p=630 This activity promotes eye-hand coordination, visual perception (tracking), and upper body strength if done in prone.

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