Are you busy, have too many students, and lack planning time? If any of those ring true, I can help. I love planning and send weekly emails to my occupational therapy colleagues with ideas for meeting the fine motor, visual perceptual, and social-emotional goals of our OT students. Here are a few fun Summer school ideas with an ice cream theme.
No matter what part of the year you are in, Summer school, Back to School, or mid-year, most of us are looking for ways to enhance the social-emotional growth of our students. With all the challenges our students face we need ways to teach them about their emotions, that all emotions are ok and we sometimes need to find ways to manage them. Building their understanding of their triggers, and creating a personal inventory of coping skills can be beneficial throughout their life.
Do you need a fun theme idea for your classroom or therapy sessions? A camping party can be a fun end of the year, last day of school, or summer school activity.
Do you need a fun theme idea for your classroom or therapy sessions? A Pizza Party can be a fun end of the year or last day of school activity.
I have a student that loves pandas. She requested a zoo theme for our upcoming therapy sessions. I decided to put together a few ideas to share.
Do you need Earth Day ideas for your classroom or occupational therapy sessions? When planning for my OT students I work to include options for gross motor, social emotional, fine motor, visual perception, writing/keyboarding, craft and a game.
If you are looking for a fun way to work on executive function planning skills, consider drawing. Students must picture what the end result of any task will look like before they can plan where to start. This ability is difficult for many children. They need models and assistance to improve the ability to picture what something will look like when it is all done, plan what they need, gather materials, initiate, and work through the task to completion. Whether it be a clean room, a simple craft, a drawing an essay, or a project, they need to start with the end in mind.
If you are like me, you don’t have a lot of time to plan. Over the past 20 years, I have been collecting ideas for self-regulation, emotions, visual perception, gross motor, fine motor… and I want to share them with you. Here are some printables, activities, and crafts for your Spring classroom or therapy themes.
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