MOBILITY IDEAS

Concepts and Skills:

· body parts/image

· taking directions

· walk in a line

· spatial concepts

· motor planning

· balance

· imitation of movements

· identify animal traits

· telescopes distance spotting

· Roaming Wiggle Worms

· Buzzing Bees

· Happy Hippos

· Friendly Foxes

· Clues, Habitats, Habits - walk like that animal across the yard

- Bear, Cat, Horse, Snake, Donkey, Frog, Crab, Kangaroo, Bunny

· Telescopes - Find pic of animal and give your friends clues to id.

· Tacky Penguin - Put on a funny shirt and walk like a penguin. Ball held between the knees, arms at side, flipper flat.

· Safari march down your street - listen for and look for animals hiding along the way (pictures, recordings, stuffed)

Grocery store App for kids!

Download the Seeing AI app on your IPAD, IPOD or mac computer. Once the app is open, swipe left and find the tab at the bottom that says document. Find a book or piece of paper with print on it and put the camera over it and it will read to you what is on the piece of paper

Next, find the tab that has product on it with a barcode. Most groceries have barcodes on them. When the barcode is scanned it tells the store what the item is and how much the item is. If you scan the barcode of an item at home, Seeing AI will tell you what the item is, so you know if you have the correct can of food or the right cereal etc....

The final tab I want to look at is the currency tab. If you put your IPAD or phone over a piece of money it will tell you what you have, $1.00, $5.00, $10.00 and so on.

Home Orientation and Mobility activities

• Label cardinal directions in your house; North, South, East and West. Challenge: Also label, NE, SE, SW, NW

• Draw a map or make a tactile map of the kitchen in your house. Label North, couch, TV, Chair and if there are any doors in and out of the room.

• Plan a menu for a full day: Write down two breakfast ideas, two lunch ideas, and two dinner ideas that you can make independently. (e.g. cereal, toast, cup of soup, sandwich; TV dinner, quesadillas) Use a computer to find the items needed for the menu.

• Compare 8 oz. and 32 oz. empty containers (e.g. yogurt, sour cream). Guess how many servings are in each container. Read the label to see if you are correct. Use a calculator to determine the number of servings in the large container. If there are 4 servings in the 32 oz. container, how much is a serving?

• Write a letter to Mrs. Reed. Find an envelope to put it in. Below is how to address the envelope. The return address is your address. The delivery address is Mrs. Reed. Don’t forget a stamp! My address is 32 Antelope Avenue, Laramie Wy. 82072.

• Check the mail for your family at least twice a week.

• Offer to wipe off the kitchen table or kitchen counter tops for your mom. When wiping down the table use a grid pattern like the following. Start at the top of the table and use your dishcloth to wipe right to left and then back.

• Have your student help you check the mail 2 times a week.

• Explore the cars/truck in your driveway (or someone’s you know) find the front, back, tires, steering wheel…)

• Explore the sidewalk, curb, gutter, and where the street starts. (residential streets)

• Put a bean bag or sticker on 10 different body parts (body imagery)

• Practice listening to sounds and identify 5 different sounds in your home.

• Talk about warm and cold and what activities you do in each.

• Travel down the halls in your home or outside, turning right or left.

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