Learning how to play with others through compromise, conflict resolution and sharing. One of the best ways to accomplish learning through play is to use games during OT Teletherapy sessions. They are a great icebreaker and way to increase rapport and connection with your children.
I really dislike that too many children get way more screen time than is good for their brain development especially now so I try to balance the amount of on-screen time vs.
Most of the games below are geared toward school-aged children. If you are needing more ideas for younger children please check out this post! These work best if both you and your student have a deck of cards. This could work well for a memory type game with the cards. My favorite from the list is War! The possibility of motor actions and sequencing practice is unlimited with this one! These are super motivating for younger and older students.
Have them come up with their own challenges too! How many animal poses can you make? Use a wheel of names to make it a game. I love this video by Dan the OT Man. You can make it a game by modeling a few animal hands and seeing how many the student can remember when you call out the name of the animal or remember a few at a time to work on sequencing.
Fun to do with letters the child is working on mastering instead of just X and O. Jumping jacks, wall push-ups, sit-ups, cross crawls. Set a timer to set a record each session or pick a number out of a hat or roll a dice to see how many the child performs. Find things that are a certain color, start with a specific letter, start with a specific sound, or by description ie. A great way to get those kids moving! Start with a few and see how many your child can sequence.
Clap, stomp, cross midline, strengthening poses, facial expressions.. You can buy this deck or just make up your own loaded questions. I use these a lot for writing prompts. If the child has the game each of you would flip one card.
If not, you can have both cards on your screen and see who finds a match first. You could even share a pdf version if you take a picture of some of the cards to use on a whiteboard if you have that feature on your platform. Great for spatial awareness but you lose the fine motor aspect!
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January 3, Free Interactive Games The following list of interactive games can be played live during your virtual counseling or TeleHealth sessions. Although the steps for each website vary, you can follow these general directions to get started: Click the link below to open the game website. Follow the directions to start a new game. Share the direct link to your game through the chat function in your GoogleMeet, Zoom, or another virtual counseling platform. Play the game live with your student or client as you chat.
Get Confident! Related Posts. Erin says:. Amy says:. KA says:. Adele says:. Heather says:. Emily says:. Close dialog. Session expired Please log in again. However, some therapists may opt to use digital mazes to incorporate finger isolation and more defined visual skills such as tracking and scanning. Many therapists find that additional variations within mazes such as hiding a math problem, or a picture to color at the end of the maze allow them to further address areas of concern for a child, while making the activity fun and motivating.
As one of the most versatile activities known to therapists, puzzles can easily be graded up or down to accommodate children of all ages, developmental abilities, and needs. Children may use strategy-based puzzles that can be completed right on their computers, or standard print-and-complete activities. These activities can work on developing visual skills such as perception and recognition, visual memory, spatial awareness, and hand-eye coordination, along with fine motor skills and activity tolerance.
Handwriting can be addressed in a variety of unique ways through teletherapy sessions. Therapists may opt to have children use digital features of their teletherapy platform in order to enhance skills such as finger isolation, visual acuity, and tolerance for tasks that may cause visual fatigue along with practicing taking breaks and chunking the activity as needed. Therapists can use in-person manipulatives such as playdoh, pom poms, tongs, shaving cream, sand, magnetic letters for tracing, wikki stix, theraputty, theraband, and finger spacers to complete handwriting activities that work on spacing, placement, force modulation, formation, hand fatigue, grasp pattern, and more.
Children can use a variety of household materials, such as foil, wax paper, wrapping paper, bubble wrap, toilet paper, and cardstock, to practice using the right amount of pressure with their pencil to elicit the letters they need to write. You can even turn this into a scavenger hunt where children find these items with some help from mom, dad, or a family member who conveniently hid them around the workspace in their computer room!
With just a little creativity or some searching on the OT Toolbox or Pinterest , therapists can make a teletherapy session both beneficial and fun for the children they are working with. There may be some additional planning on behalf of parents and family members to help things run smoothly, but teletherapy can be an incredibly rewarding experience for children, families, and therapists.
However, children who have previously received occupational therapy services in a face-to-face setting may feel uneasy completing tasks virtually. Here is a fun book to help explain why they are now working on these activities and skills with their therapist through a computer screen.
Why is there a person in my computer? This story follows Andrew, a child with visual deficits who is having difficulty playing hockey, performing well in school, and working on his art.
He meets a therapist named Brittany who guides him through his first teletherapy session, and he loves it! This picture book helps children understand what teletherapy is, what makes it different from other therapies, and how it can help them live better lives. Children may also enjoy the supplemental activity guide complete with coloring pages, fact sheets, and more! Need to add virtual games, online mazes, and puzzles to your teletherapy toolbox? Access this free list so you can click and go to games that help kids develop and build skills.
Colleen created The OT Toolbox to inspire therapists, teachers, and parents with easy and fun tools to help children thrive.
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