OT Activity of the Day:
Halloween Bean Bag Toss
Target Age Range: 7 and up
I geared this activity towards my First and Second Graders and it was a big hit! It made that pesky handwriting work just a little more fun and excited and that’s always a win in my book!
For this activity I used my river stones, animal bean bags, and then the Halloween words I used with my Halloween bowling activity. The idea is that the child walks, one by one, on each river step, picks up the bean bag and then tosses it to the wall to try and hit a word. For each word they hit, they got to write on the dry erase board. When some kids did not hit any, they were able to pick 1-2 words they wanted to write and that worked just fine as well.
This is a great way to work on static and dynamic balance, under and overhand tossing, depth perception if you alternate big and little river steps, and of course, writing!
Happy writing and enjoy!