Friday, September 19, 2008

Welcome to Our Motor Room!

Our first theme of the year is "Summer Olympics". Our Motor Room is set-up to work on a variety of skills related to the theme. In addition, we planned two fine motor activities to go along with the theme. Enjoy our pictures and descriptions of the activities!

Gross Motor

Theme: Summer Olympics
Purpose: We have set up a series of gross motor tasks for the children - simulating (a bit of a stretch) sports from the summer Olympics - gymnastics, swimming and basketball. The tasks will help them to develop body awareness, motor planning, bilateral coordination, strength, sequencing, and eye-hand coordination. In addition, it provides opportunities for sensory input (tactile, vestibular and proprioception) and a sense of accomplishment.

Tasks: (start the Olympic music)
1. Jump 10 times on small trampoline
2. Jump the "hurdles" across the mat with colored squares
3. Climb the stairs and slide down into the swimming pool (of balls)
4. Throw the variety of balls into the barrel "basket."

Fine Motor
First Week Fine Motor Activity:

Olympic Rings
The purpose of this activity is to work on hand strengthening (some ripped the paper and some used scissors), the pincer grasp, matching colors and working with tactile input with glue.
Second Week Fine Motor Activity:

Olympic Torch


The purpose of this activity is to work with messy texture, paper mache, and hand strengthening (some ripped the paper, some used scissors).

Look at some of the pictures of kids participating in the fun and games!



4 comments:

Erin Jackle said...

This is awesome! I'm so excited to see more Independence bloggers!

Anonymous said...

I am excited about the therapy blog too! Can't wait to see more pictures of kids and other activities as you guys get this going!
Miss Stephanie

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