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Welcome to Therapy Fun Zone.
Occupational and Physical Therapy should be fun for both the client and the therapist. We have to be creative and we are always thinking up new ideas to make it interesting and make our clients want to keep working. We also love to share our creativity and collaborate with each other. Here at Therapy Fun Zone, we would like to share activity ideas, and encourage you to share yours in order to keep the creativity stimulated. Sign up for our email which will include therapy activities, and other things that we think may be of interest. We are adding new activities and references frequently.
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Check out the Shop page where you can buy some therapy activities that were created by me, including Pencil Adventures and Road Writing.
Clothespin and Tongs Activities
Making the clothespin game board
UPDATE: I have an easier way to make the boards. New post about it on 1/30/2012 To make the clothespin game board, you will need a stiff material. I used coroplast ( White Corrugated Plastic ), which is an awesome material to work with. It can be made out of foam core as well,… [Continue Reading]
Dreidel Games
The blog at Pediastaff was looking for some therapy games that have a connection to Hanukkah, and I have been making a bunch of games lately. My son was thrilled to help me create a board game using a dreidel to determine the spaces you move. I made a game board that would fit with… [Continue Reading]
Recent posts
Renewing the love for therapy
When I started this blog almost two years ago, I was feeling a little lonely in my little therapy world. i am an independent contractor, so I worked with kids and their parents, but not a lot with other therapists. I started the blog for a couple of reasons, one was to find a connection… [Continue Reading]
Theraputty and money
I am going to try something new. Along wifh my weekly activity posts, I am going to do some simple spur of the moment, here is what we are doing today type of posts. So in that spirit, here is one thing we are doing today. Finding money hidden in the theraputty
Using pom poms and cups for in hand manipulation
When working on in-hand manipulation, you need to hold small objects in your hand, so what better object to use than pom poms. In this activity I had two different colors of silicone muffin cups, and the same colors of pom poms. Instead of just sorting the colors, You have to pick up a hand… [Continue Reading]
Friday share with math paper, a DIY weight lap pet, tummy time, and ipad info
Here are four articles that caught my eye this week. I wish I could share more, but I do on my facebook page. This is only a little snippet of each article, so you need to head on over to their sites to read the whole thing. Adapted Paper for Math from Notes from a… [Continue Reading]
Easy Clothespin Board made with Hot glue and sheet protector
This week as I was driving to work, I came up with a way to make the clothespin frame for the games using much more accessible supplies. I had thought of this one before, but thought that it might not work, and might be too difficult, but I was wrong. It works well, and it… [Continue Reading]
More recent posts
- Weekly Share: Some OT blog posts this week
- Pizza Delivery Game For Following Directions
- Making the clothespin game board
- Magnetic Mr. Potato Head
- Connecta Straws for Fine Motor and Visual Perception
- Movie Review of A Mile In His Shoes
- 2011 Year In Review, most popular posts and pages
- Ribbon Christmas Tree
- Felt Christmas Tree
- Pediatric OT chats on OT Connections
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