Table Time Activity: Winter Mittens Song
Skill Check
This activity focuses on answering “WH” questions and recalling information.
Growing My Skills
1. Follow link to song.
2. Begin song and pause after directions are given and wait for your child to perform action.
Modification: Model motor actions for your child immediately after pausing the song.
Floortime Play Activity: Build a Snowman
Skill Check
The goal of this activity is to promote creativity.
Growing My Skills
Expand by labeling body parts and colors.
Relaxation Time Activity: Build an Igloo Using White Pillows and Blankets and Have Some Quiet Time in your Cozy Igloo!
Skill Check
The goal of this activity is to help teach your child relaxation skills while slowing and calming their body.
Growing My Skills
Gather materials.
Build a fort.
Spend some time reading winter themed stories in your fort!
Creative Time Activity: Indoor Snowball Making
Skill Check
The goal of this activity is to practice multi-step directions, build fine motor skills, and engage in pretend play with their snow!
Growing My Skills
1. Combine 3 cups of baking soda and half a cup of white hair conditioner.
2. Stir.
3. Start some imaginary play with your snow! You can add figurines to create a winter wonderland!
Movement Time Activity: Winter Gross Motor Dice Game
Skill Check
The goal of this week is to get your body moving by practicing some winter-themed movements!
Growing My Skills
You can incorporate this into a board game by having each action correspond to a number, and only moving the piece if your child completes the movement.
Make your own life sized board game by placing pillows, couch cushions, or pieces of paper on the floor as “spaces,” have each action correspond to a number of spaces, and see who gets across the “board” first!
Roll a second dice or pick from a deck of cards to see how many times your child should complete each movement.
Mealtime Activity: Whipped Cream and Fruit
Skill Check
The goal of this activity is to play with whipped cream as an edible sensory activity while trying new or non preferred fruit.
Growing My Skills
Clean table in house, prepare with towels because whipped cream can be messy!
Place one serving of whipped cream on a plate or directly to table, place fruit near whipped cream.
Spread whipped cream around the table with fruit and sample.
TIP: pretend the fruits are sleighs, snowmen, sleds and boots that walk in the snow!
Language Time Activity: Build a Fort
Skill Check
The goal of this week is to improve your child’s pragmatic language and play skills demonstrated by working on pretend play skills!
Growing My Skills
Work on expanding pretend play skills by playing “house” in the fort…pretend to eat, sleep, etc.
Expand the pretend play scheme by pretending to be construction workers as you work together to build the fort.
Work on receptive language skills by reading a favorite book together in the fort.