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Hip Hip Hooray! Its Finally Summer Time!
Hip Hip Hooray! Its Finally Summer Time!
Summer is finally here wildcats! A time for relaxation and rejuvenation. Our favorite thing to do is play outside during the summertime! Check out our Summer Activity Grid for lots of summer fun activities to do. Challenge yourself to complete all activities in our summer grid. If you need to beat the heat, we have some fun indoor activities to work on key skills too. In addition to these suggested activities, we encourage you to take your child to the park or local library which may offer summer activities providing them with an opportunity to continue learning and prepare them for returning to school in the fall. Stay safe and have lots of summer fun! We look forward to seeing you back at school in August!
Don't have all the supplies!
That is absolutely OK! Go outside and play at a park or playground! Meet a friend to play a board game. You could even play ISPY outside or grab some sidewalk chalk and create a masterpiece. Keep scrolling down for more fun & videos to follow along.
June - July Activities: Summer Fun
June - July Activities: Summer Fun
Skills Addressed:
Fine motor skills, pincer grip, finger strengthening, gross motor
bilateral coordination skills, visual motor integration, handwriting.
Supplies needed:
Printer, paper, crayons, and/or pencils
Steps
Print off Summer Grid found HERE. Complete as many of the summer challenges as you can!
For GROSS MOTOR & muscle strengthening fun for ages 5+: Click HERE for a fun Shark Chase. Looking for a pre-K - Kindergarten age gross motor, Animal Freeze Dance Fun, click HERE.
For Handwriting Practice: Click HERE for Pre-K - K tracing practice, and HERE for writing practice for 1st grade+.
For Visual Perceptual and Visual Motor activities: Click HERE to work on a visual motor word search, ISPY count & more!
For Fine Motor Practice: Click HERE for Summer-themed coloring sheets!
Vacation I-SPY
Follow along with Pediatric Therapy Essentials in Vacation I Spy Movement Break. During this fun video, we are going to practice our dance moves and look for the hidden items in each picture! Make sure you are focusing to find the hidden images! You will be having so much fun that you won't even realize you are improving your strength, balance, gross motor skills, and fine motor skills.
Click the crab for a fun 'musical' surprise!!!
Click the crab for a fun 'musical' surprise!!!
Art for Kids Hub
Follow along with youtube artist Steve Harpster for drawing fun!
His videos are a great activity to do at home to improve fine motor, visual motor & visual tracking skills... as well as work on letter recognition & letter formation!
Square Breathing
Square breathing is a simple calming technique that can be used to bring about a sense of calm.
You can use this with your child to help them relax if they are feeling stressed or anxious. And if you do it with them then you will get the benefits as well!
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