Tag: bilateral control

Connect the Shapes

Connect the Shapes Worksheet  Purpose: To build visual discrimination skills, VMI, and bilateral control. Material: Download/print the attached documents. Chalkboard/whiteboard, paper, pencil, crayons, chalk/markers. Procedure: 1.  Draw two vertical columns of simple, matched shapes or figures, but vary the position…

Bean Bag Toss

  Purpose: To develop bilateral control, VMI, and spatial awareness. Material: Two pails/buckets/bowls, small beanbags (or other soft, non-bouncy, small objects for tossing), paper, pencil, balance board. Procedure: Patient stands about six feet from the bucket and is instructed: 1. …

Chalkboard Directionality Fixations

  180 Chalkboard Directionality Fixations     Purpose: To develop VSA skills, directionality, and bilateral control under a controlled stress condition. Material: Download and print the attached document. Walking rail (a simple 2×4 is perfect). Paper, pencils, tape, or blackboard/chalk,…

Directional Triangles

Directional Triangles Purpose: To distinguish between right versus left orientations of objects in space. To develop automaticity in identification of laterality. To develop visual motor integration with both dominant and non-dominant hands. Procedure: Print a copy of the worksheet: Directional…