http://www.teaching.com.au/product?KEY_ITEM=NS3043&KEY_ALIAS=NS3043 this is a good set because there are two matching patterns, in both red and blue. This can be played with eyes and hands together or put on a blindfold and try to do it by feel alone. i was correct when matching up this tile but I thought the lines had a curve …
Month: December 2015
developing pincer grip
you need dry beans or pasta a container a blanket a blindfold I spread a blanket on the floor and sit blindfolded in the middle. My carer scattered dry pasta around the blanket. a then tried to pick up the pasta with a peg, which did not work so I just tried resisting myself to …
do not spill the pasta
My OT and I have been doing blindfold tactile activities to increase tactile awareness for ADL tasks in the kitchen. Today I invented this game you need some dry beans or pasta a blanket a container kitchen tools like spoons or serving spoons or thongs a blindfold how to play: Spread a blanket across …
piano activities
in the tactile realm, feeling for certain keys blindfolded is a good activity. In regards to sound, blindfold someone and play a pattern on the piano for them to either identify or play blindfolded. I have done both with my teacher. See if you can hear a wrong note that you are playing without looking.
crawling for shapes
This morning I blindfolded myself and asked my flat mate to hide shapes from my shape sorter in the carpets areas of the house. I then crawled around feeling for them. I missed two, one hidden in my walk in wardrobe. I removed the blindfold before walking to the music room when I replaced the …
blind crawl
Well, here is a photo of my crawling blindfolded in the sensory room again. I was feeling around for balls from the ball pit. I did not find all of them, the OT was surprised that I was totally disorientated. The other blindfold activity we did today was I was blindfolded and a number of …
speech therapy games
When I first saw her she suggested a game for improving speech. Get a carrot and cut up pieces into different shapes, either blindfold or ask the person to close their eyes put the shape in their mouth, get them to identify the shape It did great wonders for me Another one that helped was …
fooled by paperclips
Today I was sitting at the table of my ot I put on my blindfold before she set up the game, blindfolding someone before they know what the game is adds to be excitement. She hid objects in theraputty for me to feel and find while blindfolded. I was given 3 piles to do with …
Identifying what textures might be fearful
Most OT’s do this by asking you to fill out of questionnaire but my OT has a much more interesting way of assessing what textures one may be fearful of. We played a blindfold tactile game last summer. One day I sat down at her table and put my blindfold on. She then brought out …
my blind sensory tour
today I had my blindfolded tour of the sensory room. Here are some pictures. We were working on tactile skills, balance and spatial awareness This is what happened: The OT had me in shorts and a T shirt and asked me to blindfold myself at the door of the sensory room. I then felt my …
