Tag: spatial reasoning

Beanbag Toss

Download: Beanbag 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. Method/Approach: Download/print the attached documents. The ‘fixation mark’ is simply a bold ‘X’…

Magnetic Maze

  Magnet Maze Worksheet 1 Magnet Maze Worksheet 2  Purpose: This is a fun and easy way to development some important spatial reasoning, laterality, and directionality skills. The magnets used can be from virtually any source, but work best if…

Reading Body Movements

   Purpose:  To develop visual/verbal/auditory matching at the action level. Materials: Large mirror Procedure: 1.  Home assistant is to stand facing the patient. 2.  Move one arm or leg in a simple pattern.  For example, tap your right foot on…

Child in Mirror

  Purpose: To enhance awareness and control of laterality, and spatial awareness. Material: Full-length mirror Procedure: 1.  Patient is to stand if front of the mirror. 2.  He is instructed to make believe that his own reflection in the mirror is a…

369 Pattern Matching

  369 Pattern Matching   See Also: • 123 Balance Board Materials: See attached document. Balance board (optional). Method/Approach: • In it’s simplest form, you are facing the client and produce a pattern using small straight objects (pens, pencils, crayons, paperclips, etc.).…