October 5th- Play? Therapy? Both?

Often our version of ‘play’ means it can’t be educational… or therapy can’t be playing… but I beg to differ!

Occupational therapy (OT), imaginative play, life skills (hair brushing)

 

sizes, colors, counting

OT, counting, speech (songs)

colors, stacking, sizes

OT, stringing, colors, sizes, shapes

PT, independence

OT, foods, colors, organizational thinking

Animals and sounds, letters, imaginative play

stacking, sensory textures, cause and effect

sensory textures, colors

 

body parts, imaginative play, matching like objects

 

stacking, letters, numbers, identifying objects, colors, sorting

 

animal sounds, colors, stacking

 

imaginative play, farm animals, sensory tactile

 

building, colors, shapes, creative play

OT, shapes, colors, textures

colors, sorting

  

imaginative play, independence (dressing)

 

OT, colors

 

imaginative play, body parts

imaginative play, animals, animal sounds, speech (songs)

 

OT, colors, matching

object identification, speech

 

OT, colors, letters, basic reading

 

OT, stringing beads

 

OT, stacking, pulling, sorting, colors

OT, animal names, matching shape to pictures

  

OT, colors

 

OT, alphabet, beginning sounds

vocabulary, speech

 

sensory tactile

 

PT, balance, tone

 

memory, matching, character recognition

 

colors, shapes

creating the picture, organizational thinking

 

imaginative play, animal names

 

letters, numbers

 

matching pictures (this is a page from a book like where’s waldo)

 

OT, imaginative play, colors, shapes, animals… etc…

 

OT, colors… the possibilities are endless :)

OT, lacing

 

OT, drawing… etc…

 

letters, colors, speech, letter sounds

 

animal sounds, matching, Speech

 

balance, coordination, PT

 

sensory tactile (large rice filled bin)

language development, etc.