OT FUN at Home
Today we’ve made an “I Spy” game using dried rice, a plastic bag, and small items laying around the house:).
This activity can be used to achieve a number of OT related goals. First, you’re using your eyes to scan and look around the bag to find the items you need. This helps strength those tiny muscles around your eyes to help skills like reading and writing.
Second, this is a great activity to get out after big movement play around the house or outside. This will help calm your child so they can transition to the next activity like school work or a meal. If your child is having a difficult day, visual input can be very calming and regulating and this may help during those times.
To play, you can have the child call out what they see (Pro-tip! If you have an older kiddo, they can write down what they see) or you can have the items written down and the child has to find them in order and check them off.
Bag ideas!
if you have letters/numbers, throw them in and have your child practice writing the letters or numbers they find!
hide animals!
hide cars!
hide legos!
Stay safe and healthy and enjoy!