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DIY OT Playing Cards Holder
The DIY Playing Card Holders are homemade playing card holders for a 7-card game of Uno. Playing card games can be challenging for people with upper extremity disabilities such as people with limited dexterity, ataxia, and one hand. These DIY Playing Card Holders are solutions to the inability for these people to see all 7 of their cards at once. These DIY Playing Card Holders allow people with disabilities and small hands to hold their Uno cards with ease. There are 6 options suggested.
DIY Water Beads Balloon Fidget
The DIY Water Beads Balloon Fidget is a fidget toy for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. They can also be used to warm up the child's handwriting or cutting skills. The length of time each balloon will last will depend on the quality of the balloon and how often it is played with. Optionally, DIY artist may try adding a second balloon over the first to provide some longevity. These balloon fidgets are not suitable for children who are mouthing toys and objects.
DIY Baking Soda and Conditioner Balloon Fidget
The DIY Baking Soda and Conditioner Balloon Fidget is a do it yourself fidget that provides sensory input for a child who needs to fidget such as children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. They also make great ways to warm up the child's handwriting or cutting skills. Some children with sensory seeking behavior need ways to intentionally fidget so that they can obtain the proprioceptive input to help their bodies regulate and calm down. The length of time each balloon will last will
Fine Motor Obstacle Course with Wikki Stix
Fine Motor Obstacle Course with Wikki Stix is a do it yourself activity for individuals with neurological impairments, fine motor disabilities, and ataxia to practice manipulation and planning (involved in setting up the obstacle course) and more. Users push and press their fingers into the table, leap and perform to complete all sorts of obstacles. Target finger isolation, thumb opposition, manual dexterity, motor planning, eye-hand coordination, crossing the midline, bilateral coordination, an
DIY Travel Games: Tic Tac Toe
DIY Travel Games: Tic Tac Toe is an activity for activities designed for fidgety children with fine motor and learning disabilities to do. DIY Travel Games: Tic Tac Toe works on pincher grip, turn taking and motor planning. It is part of a set that includes Maze Fun, Triangle Peg Solitaire, and Alphabet Learning. Each DIY activity is made with washi tape.
DIY Travel Games: Maze Fun
DIY Travel Games: Maze Fun is an activity designed for fidgety children with fine motor and learning disabilities to do. DIY Travel Games: Maze Fun works on visual motor tracking and planning as well as pincher grasp. It is part of a set that includes Tic Tac Toe, Triangle Peg Solitaire, and Alphabet Learning. Each DIY activity is made with washi tape.
DIY Travel Games: Triangle Peg Solitaire
DIY Travel Games is a DIY activity designed for fidgety children with fine motor and learning disabilities to work on problem-solving and visual planning. It is part of a it that also includes Tic Tac Toe, Maze Fun, and Alphabet Learning. Each DIY activity is made with washi tape.
DIY Travel Games: Alphabet Learning
DIY Travel Games: Alphabet Learning is an activity designed for fidgety children with fine motor and learning disabilities to do. DIY Travel Games: Alphabet Learning is an educational and fine motor manipulation activity. It is part of a set that also includes Tic Tac Toe, Maze Fun, and Triangle Peg Solitaire. Each DIY activity is made with washi tape.
Fluency Patterns
The Fluency Patterns is a set of 14 patterns designed for children learning to write with upper extremity disabilities like ataxia and limited dexterity to encourage pencil control. The users can cut out the individual patterns and laminate them for durability.
5 Mandalas to Practice Pencil Pressure!
5 Mandalas to Practice Pencil Pressure! is a set of 5 mandalas designed for users with upper extremity and neurological disabilities to color. Mandalas have been used with children and adults to encourage mindfulness and self expression. These simple mandalas have been created for children to work on pencil pressure by being mindful about the depth of color placed on their work. Children may use brush markers, pencils or textas to fill in these pages. They could also be printed on transparency s
Push Pin Poke Drawing Templates
The Push Pin Poke Drawing Templates are a set of 5 themes with a total of 20 pictures designed for people with neurological disabilities to inspire them to participate in "poke" drawing. These themes include transport, fruit, faces, the garden and shapes. Preparation involves placing a cork mat on the table, then colored cardstock (or paper) and then the printed template. Use a push pin to poke each dot to create a drawing. For the best effect, the child should hold the finished picture up to a
I Can Learn Shapes: Play, Trace, Draw
I Can Learn Shapes: Play, Trace, Draw is a product designed for children with learning disabilities to learn shapes. It is a multi-sensory approach to learning shapes. This printable has a mini "shape road," solid line shape and dotted line shape. Laminate the page for durability and multiple use. Use the "shape road" to play with a mini toy car or place "loose parts" over the road. Place glitter glue or hot glue over the solid line shape; then have the child trace over the shape with their fing
My Superhero Preschool Pack
The My Superhero Preschool Pack is a pack of arts and crafts tools designed for children with disabilities to encourage pencil control, visual motor planning as well as visual motor integration. Contains fluency patterns to trace and draw, mazes, and pattern. This pack has been designed for preschoolers, however may also be suitable for school age children in younger years.
5 Cheeky Monkeys Preschool Printable Pack
This 5 Cheeky Monkeys Preschool Printable Pack is a printable pack designed for use by children with neurological and upper extremity disabilities to encourage pre-writing skills, scissor skills, visual perceptual skills (eg. figure ground and discrimination), visual motor skills, and pencil control.
5 Little Candles Preschool Printable Pack
The 5 Little Candles Preschool Printable Pack is a set of pre-writing tools designed for children with upper extremity disabilities and neurological disorders to practice scissor skills, visual perceptual skills (eg. figure ground and discrimination), visual motor skills, and pencil control.
Free Easter Egg Patterns
Free Easter Egg Patterns is a printable with a series of Easter eggs for children with upper extremity disabilities to draw. There are fluency patterns and other shapes for copying. This activity is a great way to encourage spatial awareness, copying, visual motor integration, fluency, and pencil control.
Heavy Work for Little Fingers Printable!
The Heavy Work for Little Fingers Printable is a printable designed for people with limited dexterity to exercise their fingers. This printable may be used as finger warm-ups in the classroom, something to do in the car on the way to school, or in a waiting room. Warming up the fingers is a good idea before they are needed for fine motor activities or tool use in the classroom.
{Flashcards} Lowercase Letter Outlines with Writing Line Prompts
The {Flashcards} Lowercase Letter Outlines with Writing Line Prompts is a set of flashcards designed for users learning proper lowercase letter formation and learning to write. Each letter is in NSW foundation font and may be cut out to form "business card size" flashcards (5 x 9 centimeters). Laminate the cards for durability. Once laminated the teacher, parent or therapist can use wikki stix, playdough, or a white erase marker to follow the outline of each letter to encourage correct starting
{Flashcards} Captial Letter Outlines with Earth Paper Writing Prompt Lines
{Flashcards} Captial Letter Outlines with Earth Paper Writing Prompt Lines are a set of flashcards in earth tones designed for users learning proper letter formation and learning to write. Each letter is in NSW foundation font and may be cut out to form "business card size" flashcards (5 x 9 centimeters). Laminate the cards for durability. Once laminated the teacher, parent, or therapist can use wikki stix, playdough, or a white erase marker to follow the outline of each letter to encourage corr
{Flashcards} Numbers 0-20 Outlines
{Flashcards} Numbers 0-20 Outlines are a set of flashcards designed for users learning proper number 0-20 formation and learning to write. Each number is in NSW foundation font and may be cut out to form "business card size" flashcards (5 x 9 centimeters). Laminate the cards for durability. Once laminated the teacher, parent, or therapist can use wikki stix, playdough, or a white erase marker to follow the outline of each number to encourage correct starting points and direction for number forma
Tapatan Game Board - Free
Tapatan Game Board - Free is a printable that is a game board designed for people with learning disabilities to play. Tapatan is two player abstract strategy game originally from the Philippines. It is closely related to "Tic Tac Toe" (also known as Noughts and crosses).
Rainbow I-Spy {FREE}
The Rainbow I-Spy {FREE} is a travel game of I-Spy designed for use by children with learning disabilities to use at the airport or on board an airplane. Find all the items on the page according to the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet). Parent or caregiver can laminate the page for durability and use a dry-erase marker to mark off items. Child can use the correct colored pencil or crayon to color in the item when found.
Free Lego Challenge Printable
The Free Lego Challenge Printable is designed for children with learning disabilities to encourage them to use their imagination in play with Lego. This product includes 36 Lego Challenges that can be played at home or in a therapy setting. Users can play with friends or family. Add a timer to make things more interesting.