Category: Therapy
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How My Child with Down Syndrome Learned Jigsaw Puzzles: Tips and Skills That Helped Her.
Recently we moved to a 108 pieces puzzle. Looking back, it has been a challenging journey. There were lots of tears, failures, surprises, excitement, and learning. Puzzles demand a lot of attention, focus, and thinking skills. So before introducing jigsaw puzzles, offer chunky puzzles as they are easy to grasp. Then, move on to knob…
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Free, effective, fun workouts at the park or playground.
It’s hard to believe that at 18 months old V wasn’t able to sit or even hold her neck because of severely low muscle tone. Due to the lack of early intervention & medical help, she had poor to no ability to grasp. Soon, I started doing Occupational Therapy with my child at home. We…
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DIY Zipper Board
I made this Zipper Board a few years ago to improve Veda’s grip, fine motor skills and finger strengthening. Not only it will help in strengthening those tiny finger muscles but also a great way to learn the life skills like zipping. Veda loves DIY activities as she has a thing for raw materials for…
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Fun DIY Activity to Teach Kids Big and Small Concepts
Planning to make your child learn about big and small concepts in a fun way? Then try this DIY activity I found online and made a few years ago for Veda. My daughter loved pompoms and DIY activities when she was a toddler. I tried to incorporate pompoms into every activity. This made it more…
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Geoboard Activities: Strengthening Little Hands
I focus a lot more on fine motor skills and problem-solving skills for V. This wooden geo board is a great activity to learn the basic shapes. You can also practice standing or slanting lines and other patterns. It helps enhance those fine motor skills. Veda who doesn’t like to play with toys has been…
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Knife Skills- Slicing The Playdough Activity
One activity my girl can do anytime. Yup, give her playdough and she can play with it for hours by pinching, slicing, tearing, transferring, and pulling it. That’s why I thought let’s work on knife skills, fine motor skills with the help of slicing the dough in our OT. Even though she has been using…
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Desi Obstacle Course
When Veda started walking, we use to plan fun activities for her like no-prep obstacle course or a desi obstacle course(what I call it) keeping in mind what she likes and what frustrates her to improve: Gait, Sensory processing, Balance, Body Awareness, Control, Muscle Strength. Here in the video, she’s walking in a narrow pattern,…
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Theraputty Fun Exercises
Few years ago, V was a child with a severely poor grip due to muscle weakness. Holding a stack ring was even a big task for her, forget about putting the rings on the stacker even at the age of 2 years. I introduced Theraputty with some fun exercises to improve her fine motor skills…
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Fine Motor Fun
If I have to choose only one activity(which is absolutely hard to do) which we enjoy a lot and a great way to improve fine motor skills of our kids, then without doubt I am going to pick pom pom sorting/colour matching with tweezers. Few years ago I got Learning Resources Gator grabber tweezer from…
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Physical Therapy Activities We Love
In 2020, we stopped physical therapies, then COVID happened. So, I started looking for enjoyable and effective physical activities to keep her moving at home. My goal was to have fun, strengthen her muscles, improve her movements, and meet her sensory needs. Hurdles When we stopped physical therapy for Veda, I invested in a few…