OT FUN at Home
Do you have pillows, blankets, or both? Great, then you too can play “The Floor is Lava”. This is a super fun actual game that I have at the office. Since I’m not currently at the office, I decided the pillows and boppy will have to do. Yes, Sophie is also pictured but only because I forgot to move her and am too lazy to take another picture.
How to play!
lay out your “rocks” using whatever you don’t mind your children standing on and have a “base” on either side. In this case the base is the couch on either side.
find a dice from another game, preferably one with numbers, and use this to determine how many steps need to be taken to go from one base to another.
then your kids can take turns rolling and making their path from one base to the next.
This could be tricky if you only have 4-5 “rocks” but your child has rolled a “6”-they have to find a way to take 6 steps before they make it back to base. Same with a “1”, and please use safe judgement!
Pro-tip! If you wanted to add some math to this, you can roll two dice and add the amounts together to see how many spaces to move.
This game can be played however you would like, just again, please use safe judgment. This is a great way to work on motor planning/executive functioning skills and to get some movement to those little bodies!
Stay safe and enjoy!