Winter Therapeutic Activities

It’s that time of the year where the temperatures drop and the indoor activities begin, but this also tends to pose the question – What can we do to keep the kids entertained ALL of those hours?  Below are some great activities that can be completed indoors. These activities can incorporate so many skills that are beneficial to a child’s development including activities that work on language, play, fine motor skills such as coloring, cutting, drawing, and manipulation of small objects, gross motor skills to address overall strengthening, endurance, coordination and balance, and activities that help with sensory processing and self regulation, and executive functioning skills.  Therapeutic Activities: Scavenger hunts around the house Stickers Potato sack races Dance parties Sensory bins  Animal walk races  Kosmic kids yoga videos Charades  Playdoh – homemade or store-bought Build a Fort Hidden picture books or printables Science experiments  Mazes – on paper, build your own to walk through Origami  Jewelry making Baking Bubble mountain Painting Create sensory bottles Balance boards Paper plate skating across the carpet Scooter boards Obstacle courses: climbing over obstacles, balance beams, jumping over obstacles, army crawling  Coloring and cutting activities: snowmen, mittens, snowflakes, penguins, polar bears, arctic animals, sleds Build-it crafts: popsicle sticks, q-tips, cards, graham crackers, build-it kits