Virtual OT Home Learning Suggestions and Links

Dear Parents,

During this time of uncertainty with COVID-19 and restricted school access, the Concord Public Schools Occupational Therapy (OT) Department would like to do the best we can to continue to engage with your child by providing suggested OT activities that can be performed at home. Attached is a list of suggested free resources, grade appropriate activities, websites, and reproducible worksheets. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide additional information accordingly. Choose an activity and/or activities for 20 minutes a few days a week. Please contact us via email for any specific questions pertaining to your child. Thank you.

Donna Balmuth dbalmuth@concordps.org

Shannon Granger sgranger@concordps.org

Nancy Lankford nlankford@concordps.org

Jane Rigazio jrigazio@concordps.org

Stacey Torres storres@concordps.org

Stay Healthy.

Sincerely,

Concord Public Schools

Occupational Therapists



	Fine Motor and Strengthening Activities
PRESCHOOL K-Grade 2 Grade 3-5	Picking up small items with tweezers, clothespins, strawberry hullers, spinning tops, using eyedroppers (food coloring, water, bowl & coffee filters) Playing with pop beads, Legos, Waffle Blocks, Tinker Toys, Put pegs, birthday candles, and straws that are cut into play dough & use scissors to cut the play dough, pop bubble wrap Tearing strips (lightweight and medium paper and make a collage Cookie decorating (cake icing, sprinkles 7 tube icing) Create a collage from paper, magazines, etc. Legos and other construction toys Board games that include small parts (Operation, Frogs in a Bucket, Trouble, Bed Bugs) Pinching, squeezing, rolling and cutting play dough/clay/putty, hiding small items inside Pinching, squeezing, rolling and cutting clay/putty, putting pegs in clay, hiding small items inside Baking/cooking activities that involve pouring, mixing, and rolling Origami (link below) Card games like Uno, Crazy 8’s, Fish, War, Rummy Typing Practice- Thoreau and Alcott (grades 3 &4) and Willard (grade 4) students can access school accounts through the school website for typing.com, and Willard (grades 2 & 3) can access Keyboarding Without Tears
	Visual Motor and Visual Perceptual Activities
PRESCHOOL K-Grade 2 Grade 3-5	Draw simple shapes (rectangle, square, rectangle, triangle & circles) with thick lines & cut the shapes & make a picture with shapes Make dots & connect the dots to make shapes and simple pictures (a house, a train, etc). Coloring: Make coloring lines wider to provide coloring boundaries. (link below) Simple Puzzles (link below) Mazes (link below) Offer a variety of writing/drawing tools: sidewalk chalk, regular chalk, markers, paint brushes Hidden Pictures and Mazes ( links below) Assemble puzzles and build with blocks and other construction toys Draw and Write (draw a picture and write about it) Write (or type) a letter, grocery and wish lists, or daily journal. Word Searches Hidden Pictures and Mazes (links below)
	Sensory Motor Activities
PRESCHOOL K-Grade 5	Sensory Tubs (link below) Write letters in shaving cream, flour, sugar, rice or sand. Using home climbing structures Yoga Play outside on backyard climbing equipment GoNoodle “Sensory and Motor Skills” Yoga
Free Online Resources & Links	PreK – grade 6+ fun educational games based on Common Core Standards subject areas https://www.abcya.com/ Sensory Tubs: https://handsonaswegrow.com/sensory-activities-for-kids/ Free Worksheets: https://www.toolstogrowot.com/ https://www.abcteach.com/ Printable Coloring Pages: http://coloring-4kids.com/ Mazes PreK – 5: https://www.printablemazes.net/ https://krazydad.com/mazes/ Puzzles: http://www.jigzone.com/ Hidden Pictures: Easy Level Printables https://www.woojr.com/easy-hidden-pictures-animals-printable-activity-pages/ Intermediate Level Printables: https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/Highlights/index.shtml Online Hidden Pictures: https://www.highlightskids.com/games Origami: https://origami.me/diagrams/ http://www.playideas.com/25-easy-origami-ideas-bigger-kids/ Apps for OT Skills OT’s with Apps.com Other Typing Practice Options: Dance Mat Typing Speed Typing Online