OT FUN at Home
Today we’re playing our home Telehealth version of the electronic hand held game of “Simon Says”.
To play, each player must have a game sheet. I created a game sheet to send to my clients virtually (I did the squares and stuff, they had to color in-great fine motor control practice). Once the game sheets are ready, then so are we! I went first and, like the game, started out by touching one color first. As the client was able to imitate and copy my movements accurately, I increased the colors I touched to 2, 3, and so on. Once there was a slip up we switched who was the lead! What’s great about this version is you can go as slow, or as fast, as you would like! This definitely opens up the door to the ages and abilities that can play:).
This is a great way to work on sustained attention, short term memory recall, and sequencing. This game can be modified to have animals (cars, trains, trolls, Pokemon, etc.) rather than colors and you can practice with kiddos as young as 4 or 5. This was a game that I played with a few kiddos who were in Second Grade and it went really well.
Have fun and stay safe!