Use What You Have at Home!
1. Build a Fort
Compile blankets, pillows, and bed sheets in one pile and have your child use their problem-solving skills to create a fort. This activity may also require communication and assistance from another person.
2. Scavenger Hunt
Make a list of items you have around your house and have your child check the box once they find each item! This is a great way to target vocabulary, following directions, and attention.
3. Tag
Tag is a great way to work on turn-taking with your child!
4. Build and create a city using recycled items
Start by collecting recycled items (cereal boxes, jars, milk cartons, etc.) and have your child create their very own city! This activity targets problem solving, vocabulary, spatial concepts, and play skills.
5. Give your toys a bath!
Fill up the bathtub or sink with water and soap. Have your child give their toys a bath. This promotes play skills, sequencing, and following directions. In return, your child will have clean toys!
6. Sensory bin
Look in your kitchen and see what you can find! Rice, beans, cooked noodles, bowls, and mixing spoons are all great to use. You can target play skills, spatial concepts, pragmatics, and sequencing.
7. Obstacle course
Get creative and work with your child on creating an obstacle course in your house. You can target sequencing, following directions, and spatial concepts (in, on, under).
8. Parachute
I’m sure you can remember how much fun you had playing parachute in gym class when you were in school. Why not do the same at home with a bed sheet. Select soft items to place on top of the parachute and have some fun! This activity targets following directions, expressive/receptive language (e.g. ready, set, go!) and turn-taking.
9. Cook
Have your child help you cook a meal or dessert! This is a great way to target sequencing, following directions, and pragmatic skills.
10. Go for walks or workout!
Movement and speech and language development go hand in hand. Enjoy some fresh air and work on having great conversation with your child. Take turn picking topics to talk about!
Eyas Landing is a therapy clinic with a mission to provide evidence-based and family-centered therapy services for children, adolescents, and their families. The primary goal is to deliver relationship-based interventions within the most natural environments and to empower families to reach their full potential. To achieve this goal, our highly educated, compassionate staff dedicates time and expertise to create experiences that maximize therapeutic outcomes. The strength, determination, and perseverance of our clients are evident as they succeed in therapy, and ultimately in their daily lives.
Eyas Landing offers a wide range of comprehensive services including Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, ABA Therapy, Social Work, Family Therapy, and Neuropsych testing. Services are provided throughout the Chicagoland area via Telehealth, In-Home, and in our state of the art clinic.
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