Free ocean themed therapy at home activity guide for parents and therapists.
I've wanted to make themed activity guides to accompany the free Weekly Autism Planner printable for years. It's a project I've started numerous times, only to put the project on the back burner.
However, with what's happening in the world right now, many families find themselves forced to educate their kids at home and/or have seen a reduction in therapy sessions (or even none at all).
It's overwhelming to know where to start or what to do. You know your kid needs a sensory diet and to work on comprehension, in addition to a variety of other things, but searching Google or Pinterest is just information overload.
This free ocean and beach themed therapy at home activity guide is designed to help reduce that overwhelm and make things just a bit easier for you right now. I truly hope you find this helpful!
Ocean & Beach Themed Therapy at Home Activity Guide for Kids
This activity guide is meant to help you do therapy at home by incorporating sensory diet activities into your child's day and working on fine motor, emotional, social, and speech/language skills.It is not meant to replace traditional therapy.
It is more of a lesson plan of sorts for parents to use at home and for therapists to share with the families they serve, especially during this period of distance and remote learning.
All of the printables included in this guide are free to print.
I've also included a free PDF version of this activity guide (download at the bottom of the post), complete with clickable links, so that you can save it to your phone, share it with your clients, or whatnot. The format is based on my free Weekly Autism Planner printable. Here's what activities are included:
Vestibular & Proprioceptive Sensory Activities
- 5 Ocean Yoga Poses from Kids Yoga Stories
- 5 Ocean Yoga Poses Using a Chair from Kids Yoga Stories
- DIY Beach Ball Seat Cushion & Foot Fidget from The OT Toolbox
Tactile Sensory Activities
Visual Sensory Activities
Social Skills Activities
To get your copy, simply click the link below:
Visual Sensory Activities
- Beach I Spy Game
- Ocean Sensory Bottles
- Seashell Matching Busy Bag with Cards from Stay at Home Educator
- Blow bubbles in a cup of water
- DIY Plastic Egg Boats & Oral Motor Races from The OT Toolbox
- Puffer Fish Paper Bag Puppet from Make: Community
- Listen to seashells
- Listen to ocean animal sounds on YouTube
- Ocean Songs for Kids from PreKinders
- Teaching Feelings with Jellyfish from JDaniel4's Mom
- Sea Life Themed Calm Down Strategies from Your Kids OT
- Under the Sea Mindfulness Exercises from Rock Your Homeschool
- Giant Shark Suncatcher Craft
- Ocean Animals Hidden Number Clip Cards from No Stress Homeschooling
- Shark Scissor Skills Practice from Productive Pete
Social Skills Activities
- Beach Themed Read & Color Following Directions Booklet from The Kinder Corner
- Conversation Beach Ball Activity for Turn Taking from Crazy Speech World
- Under the Sea Game Board with Blank Cards from Erin Olivia on Teachers Pay Teachers
- Ocean Reading Comprehension Pack from The Barefoot Teacher on Teachers Pay Teachers
- 4 Ocean Emergent Readers from The Measured Mom
- Ocean Pronouns Pack from Jenn Alcorn on Teachers Pay Teachers
Download the Free Therapy at Home Activity Guide PDF
This four page printable is a one-stop shop of all of the 30+ activity ideas from above, spanning the 10 different target skills/areas. There's more than enough activity ideas to last you an entire week.To get your copy, simply click the link below:
