﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pediatric Occupational Therapy activity ideas search engine</title><link>http://www.otplan.com</link><description>Match the skills you want to work on, with the materials you have, to a detailed treatment activity that will help you strengthen certain skills. Each activity details the purpose, materials needed, process, rating for the activity, and comments by people just like you.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2013, OTPlan - All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Fun Jar</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/fun-jar.aspx</link><description>In this activity the child will strengthen his grasping skills and eye-hand coordination skills by inserting pipe cleaners or straws into the holes of a spice/herb jar.</description><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><title>Pom pom Bird</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/pom-pom-bird.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes grasping skills and provides tactile input by creating a little bird from different sized pom-poms.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>Pincer Control</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><title>Fingerprint Turkey</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/fingerprint-turkey.aspx</link><description>This activity provides tactile input and works on finger isolation by creating a picture of a turkey using the child's finger prints.</description><category>Finger Isolation</category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><title>Pincer Penguin</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/pincer-penguin.aspx</link><description>This activity works on pincer grasp and body awareness skills by creating a penguin out of different size pom-poms and glue.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Body Awareness</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>In-hand Manipulation</category><category>Pincer Control</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Sequencing</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><title>Crossing Colors</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/crossing-colors.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes crossing midline and functional grasp by drawing between vertical lines while standing.</description><category>Crossing Midline</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category></item><item><title>Motor Spider</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/motor-spider.aspx</link><description>Kids love spiders! This fun activity will help your child develop and promote fine motor skills and tactile perception.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Tactile Perception</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Hand Strengthening Artwork</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/hand-strengthening-artwork.aspx</link><description>This creation builds muscle strength in the hands and fingers. It is also a visually satisfying creation.  All ages can participate in this activity.</description><category>Crossing Midline</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Hand Arches/Separation</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Stick Animals</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/stick-animals.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes fine motor control skills and bilateral use of hands by using pipe cleaners and a craft stick. The child can create a small play animal and decorate it.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category></item><item><title>Water Board Tracing</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/water-board-tracing.aspx</link><description>This activity encourages and promotes pre writing skills by allowing the child to practice letter formation using a paint brush and water.</description><category>Grasp</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Pre writing</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Paper Fish</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/paper-fish.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes cutting skills and motor planning through the task. Give the child the instructions verbally and support with visuals if needed. Observe if the child is able to motor plan through the three steps (cut, glue, color/decorate) without assistance.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Busy Bee</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/busy-bee.aspx</link><description>This activity helps promote cutting skills and bilateral hand use as the child crafts a bee shape out of construction paper.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Sunflower Handprint</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/sunflower-handprint.aspx</link><description>This activity exposes the child to tactile stimuli and works on cutting skills by creating a sunflower out of the child's hand prints.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Tactile Perception</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Stickplane</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/stickplane.aspx</link><description>This activity works on grasp and finger strengthening as well as fine motor control skills by building a mini model airplane out of  a clothespin and wooden sticks.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Pincer Control</category><category>Sequencing</category><category>Tactile Perception</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Ping Pong Plates</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/ping-pong-plates.aspx</link><description>This is an interactive social activity that involves the development of visual perception skills, fine motor skills, and sensory processing.</description><category>Crossing Midline</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Proprioception </category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Social Interaction</category><category>Upper Body Strength</category><category>Visual Perception</category><category>Wrist Extension</category></item><item><title>Spaghetti Stringing</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/spaghetti-stringing.aspx</link><description>This activity works on grasp and manual dexterity/in-hand manipulation by stringing small objects on spaghetti.</description><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>In-hand Manipulation</category><category>Pincer Control</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><title>Ball Bopp</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/ball-bopp.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes eye-hand coordination, visual perception (tracking), and upper body strength if done in prone.</description><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Proprioception </category><category>Upper Body Strength</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><title>Big Tac Toe</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/big-tac-toe.aspx</link><description>When done in prone, this activity provides core strengthening, upper body strengthening, and proprioceptive input.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Core Strengthening</category><category>Crossing Midline</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Head/Neck Extension</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Proprioception </category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Shoulder Strength</category><category>Social Interaction</category><category>Upper Body Strength</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Finger Twister</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/finger-twister.aspx</link><description>This activity addresses finger isolation, direction following, and color recognition by playing a mini twister game.</description><category>Body Awareness</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Finger Isolation</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><title>Crab Walk Soccer</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/crab-walk-soccer.aspx</link><description>This activity provides proprioceptive input by using a crab-walk. In addition, the child is working on perception of movement and balance.</description><category>Balance</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Ocular Control</category><category>Proprioception </category></item><item><title>Tic Tac Write</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tic-tac-write.aspx</link><description>The child will work on letter recognition, letter formation, and letter placement/sizing.</description><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Visual Motor</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><title>Shape and Grasp</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/shape-and-grasp.aspx</link><description>In this activity, the child will use tweezers to transfer and manipulate small objects.</description><category>Core Strengthening</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category></item><item><title>Holiday Gifts</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/holiday-gifts.aspx</link><description>This activity provides the child with proprioceptive input by using a scooter board or animal walk.</description><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Proprioception </category><category>Upper Body Strength</category></item><item><title>Ribbon Sorter</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/ribbon-sorter.aspx</link><description>This activity works on pincer grasp by sorting different colored ribbons using tweezers.</description><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><title>Paper Turkey</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/paper-turkey.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes visual motor skills by working on grasp, cutting, and fine motor control.</description><category>Cutting</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item></channel></rss>