Promoting Figure-Ground Discrimination During Hand Activities

Advertisements Figure-Ground Discrimination is a visual-perceptual skill that helps a child to interpret what she sees; it is the ability…

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Happy Birthday Balloon with Enlarged Handle

Advertisements This adaptation enables children and adults with decreased grasping skills to see and/or play with a balloon that they…

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How to Make a Sensory Pegboard

Advertisements Between 12 and 18 months of age, babies develop greater visual-perceptual skills by using form boards, shape sorters, pegboards,…

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Pre-vocational Tasks: Folding Paper, Stuffing Envelopes and Attaching Labels

Advertisements Folding Paper The illustrations shown in this post are from my book The Recycling Occupational Therapist. Folding paper, stuffing…

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Make Your Own Bilateral Bat, Two-Handled Pull and Zoom Ball Activities

Advertisements The following bilateral sensory activities are easy to individualize, age appropriate for both children and adults and can be…

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