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Family-Friendly Exercise
Exercising together can be a fun way to build a foundation for the future - focus on moving together in the New Year!
New Year Vision Board
Create a helpful resource to stay motivated througout the year! Creating a vision board can help articulate what is important or motivating - for both kids and adults!
Snowball Transfer Game
Oral motor skill development and breath coordination is important skills in eating and speech. This activity increases lip closure, lip strength, breath coordination, and visual-motor planning to adequately move the snowballs from one container to another.
Winter Tracing Fun
Promotion of visual-motor integration and fine-motor skill development for tracing, cutting, gluing, and increased creativity to construct the winter scene!
Make a Snowstorm in a Jar
This activity is great for sequencing, following direction, auditory processing skill development, and sensory input for calming.
Snowflake Word Hunt Game
Print the digital download of snowflake cut-outs, each featuring a different word related to Christmas or winter, and the winter wonderland scene (option: open this scene on a tablet, TV, or computer screen).
3D Christmas Tree Craft
This craft aids in fine motor dexterity and strength, pincer grasp development, line awareness, scissor skills, problem solving, and executive functioning to follow directions and sequencing.
Snowflake Letting Writing
Learning letters is a great way to prepare for school and increase auditory processing, language development and associations, as well as visual motor integration to identify and appropriately draw letters.
Indoor Snowball Activities
This activity focuses on articulation, language processing, and following directions. These activities include a visual motor component to throw the snowball and attempt to knock over cups or hit the target.
Christmas Gross Motor Number Recognition
Get active at home during the holidays. Download these free templates to make your own ornament numbers.
Popsicle Stick Holiday Craft
Decorative and Developmental! Click the button on the image to download a printable page of instructions to do this fun festive craft at home! Making these gingerbread men or snowmen can help enhance imaginative play through pretend!
Snowman Name Chain
Fun and Functional Snowman Name Chain! Learning letters, how to spell your name, and the letter formation to write each letter are all functional benefits of this fun activity!
Antlers for Advancement
Playful Practice: This activity is great for visual-motor integration and fine motor grasp to hold the writing utensil for appropriately tracing both hands. Additionally, cutting requires the use of the intrinsic hand musculature and builds strength. Click the image to download a printable version to do at home!
Santa Says Game
Santa Says Printable holiday game: This game not only aids in gross motor development but so much more! Download this game and learn about all the different ways this fun and festive game can help your child’s development.
Helpful Holiday Mindfulness Shareable
Share the love this season and ensure everyone you know has an opportunity to be mindful.
Holiday Sensory Squish Balloon
You can experiment with your sensory balloon like putting it in the freezer for a change in temperature and sensation! Make this quick and easy stress tool for the season.
Christmas Calm Down Bottle
Sensory bottles are very helpful in training children how to calm their body down. Make a special holiday version together this year!