Activities to do with your special friend
Ideas from Volunteers
Remy Feldman & Hannah Moore-taught their friend about the Tsunami through a "wave theme". They made wave bottles with blue ink, water and baby oil and then painted pictures of the waves.
Activities to do with your special friends
(suggested by: Therapist, Ailene Tisser)
Games recommended for Motor Skills:
1) Take cheap hair gel and put it in bags and have them put beads in the bags and smoosh it.
2) make goop
3) blanket rides- pull each other in the blankets
4) jump from cushion to cushion
5) animal walk-walk across the room like different animals (examples: monkey, bear, crab)
6) twister
7) obstacle course- crawl over rope, jump over and under rope
8) talk like a robot and move around like a robot
9) simon says
10) freeze dance-put on music and have them dance and then freeze
11) musical chairs
Games recommended for Visual Perception:
Candyland
Headache
Take 5
Pallino
Perfection
Chutes & Ladders Chess
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Honey bee Tree
Simon Boggle
Pizza Party
Superfection
Stay Alive
Instant Replay
Checkers |
Parquetry
Mastermind
Tricky Fingers
Chinese Checkers
Trouble
Puzzles
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For Older Kids:
Labyrinth
Capsella
Othello
Bandu |
Topple
Parcheesi
Magnashapes
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Tip-It
Yahtze
Jenga
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Card Games:
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Concentration
Crazy Eights
Uno and Uno 99
Go Fish |
For Writing Skills:
Crayons & Markers
Dot to Dot books
Maze books
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Stencils
Squiggle pen
Fun Pads
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For Sensory Motor Development & Coordination:
Sit & Spin
Trapezes
Mr. Potato Head
Play Dough
Quadro
Tacticle Tillie
Toss Across
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Sleds & Saucers
Jump Ropes
Crazy Foam
Roller Racer
Ufits Velcro Puppets
Hula Hoops
Therapy Putty |
Swings
Frisbee
Twister
Foxtail
Wig Wag Worm
Play tunnel
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Arts & Crafts & Construction Toys:
Bristle Blocks
Lite Brite
Tinker Toys
Gears Go Around
Mosaic Tiles |
Collages
Leather Lacing
Wood projects
Lego Blocks
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Magnetic Blocks
Mr. Twist
Weaving
Shape Builders
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You can also look in the Friendship Circle pamphlet of "Over 101 Cool Things to do with your friends", that you got the first time you went volunteering.