District 54 Families,

The District 54 Occupational and Physical Therapy Department recommends the following websites with ideas you can use with your children at home. If you have questions, please reach out to your child’s therapist, if they are currently receiving OT or PT, or contact the Special Education Department.

Sensory Breaks

• Movement Breaks - This link that explains the importance of movement breaks

• Heavy work sensory breaks - Click here if your child needs to calm their body

• Movement break videos - Click here if your child needs to get up and move, taking a break before returning to remote learning

• Calming activities - Click here when your child needs to relax, or at the end of the day

• Yoga for Children - for relaxation, stretching, calming

  1. • Animal Yoga

     • Spiderman Yoga by Cosmic Kids

     • Frozen Yoga by Cosmic Kids

• Go Noodle - When your child needs to get up and move

  1. • Poppin bubbles

     • Bring It Down

     • Action song

Keyboarding

• Kidztype.com/browse-typing-games.html

• Abcya.com/games/keyboarding_practice

• Dancemattypingguide.com/

• Typing.com

• Typinggames.zone

• Typingclub.com

Fine Motor

Use these links if your child is working on finger strengthening, manipulation, dressing, or other finger activities.

• Ot-mom-learning-activities.com/cutting-activities.

• Ot-mom-learning-activities.com/hand-exercises-for-kids

• Handsonaswegrow.com/fine-motor-skills-activities

• Theimaginationtree.com/40-fine-motor-skills-activities-for-kids

• Learning4kids.net/list-of-sensory-play-ideas

• Handsonaswegrow.com/sensory-activities-for-kids

• Therapyfunzone.net/blog/work-dressing-skills-play-activities

• Whattoexpect.com/toddler/photo-gallery/dressing-skills

Gross Motor

• Preschool activities - Use these activities for movement, stretching, calming, yoga, for students ages 3-5.

  1. • Exercises

     • Stretching

     • Yoga

• Elementary/Junior High - Use these activities for movement, strengthening, working on large muscle activities, calming, yoga for students ages 6-14.

  1. • Elementary Exercises

     • Yoga for Kids

     • Whole Body Calming

     • Activities for Children in Wheelchairs

• Generalized Gross Motor Activities - Use these links for general ideas of how to create gross motor activities at home

  1. • Handsonaswegrow.com/gross-motor-activities-preschoolers

     • Littlebinsforlittlehands.com/25-indoor-gross-motor-energy-busters-for-kids

References: All websites above were compiled by Teryl Mlynski, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist and Laura Howarth, DPT, PT, Physical Therapist . These are not documents created by School District 54.