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Friday, June 26, 2015

Home Activities by Eileen Friedman, OTR/L

Summer Recess is here.  Do you have any plan for yourself or for you kids?  Are you thinking of something fun? I strongly recommend following home activities for the summer time.

The following list of Home Activities is established by my Senior Instructional Therapist, Eileen Friedman.

  • Carry heavy items such as basket of toys and groceries.
  • Push or pull boxes with books or toys.
  • Have pillow fights.
  • Pull toys around on a sheet or a blanket.
  • Take out the garbage.
  • Vacuum, sweep, dust, wipe off the table, make the bed.
  • Push/ pull chairs out of and into the table for a meal.
  • Have the child push a food shopping cart.
  • Use playground equipment.
  • While standing, push against the wall for wall push-ups.
  • Play tug of war.
  • Two children sit on the floor, back to back, with knees bent, feet flat on the floor.  Interlock arms and try to stand up at the same time.
  • Open doors for people.
  • Animal walks such as crab walks, bear walks, army crawl.
  • Play jumping games.
  • Play ball or balloon games with arms held over head.
  • Play with play-doh.
  • Olay with large beads.
  • Use an eye dropper filled with water and play games.
  • Play pick-up sticks.
  • Cooking activities: encourage open / close different packages, ziplock bags, and mixing.
  • Squeeze a spray bottle.
  • Squeeze out glue.
  • Rip or tear paper for projects.

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