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Table Time

Activity: I Can See Book

Materials:

Printable Things I See book or PDF version to view from a tablet/computer

Blue Bird Day Parent Resources Bingo

Skill Check 

This week your child should be able to attend to a book, participate by pointing to pictures (Find ____). This goal helps to increase participation, engagement, and discrimination skills!

Growing My Skills

Have the child label pictures they see in the book, receptively identify by pointing based on an item on the page by the feature (wheels), function (you drive), or class (vehicle).

You can work on filling in the blank (e.g., Greenlight means___) or answering WH questions (Who drives the school bus?).

Floortime Play

Activity: Transportation Play

Materials:

Toy Transportation Items

Blue Bird Day and places to go

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to spend time together in a playful, imaginative way. There should be limited structure and a lot of pretending.

Growing My Skills

Sit down with your child and explore each item

Begin moving the transportation toy around the floor

Encourage your child to do the same

Explore where that vehicle is going, what are they doing, etc

Relaxation Time

Activity: I AM Meditation

Materials:

Book: I AM LOVE By Susan Verde Video Read aloud

Blue Bird Day and meditation

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to practice using positive messages as an everyday relaxation tool.

Growing My Skills

Read the book together

Point at the pictures and emphasize those things that help you and your child feel loved

Label different things in the picture that interests your child the most

Say”I am LOVE” mantra to your child throughout your day to focus your attention on the here and now

Discuss with your child the different things that help them feel loved

Creative Time

Activity: Chalk Time

Materials:

Sidewalk chalk

A dry, sunny day

Blue Bird Day and coloring

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is for your child to think about different places they go or want to go.

Growing My Skills

Help your child make a list of places they go/want to go

Go outside and draw!

Movement Time

Activity: Obstacle Course

Materials:

Painters tape to create a path (optional)

Blue Bird Day and painting

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to create an obstacle course using the items in your house! You could crawl over couch cushions, over a chair, and jump into a box.

Growing My Skills

Use the obstacle course as a way to practice taking turns, dad can crawl too!

Increase the amount of obstacle course challenges: walk a tightrope line, jump over a pillow, crawl under stools

Try doing the obstacle course walking backward or on tiptoes!

Reverse reverse! Challenge your child’s memory to do the course the complete opposite way!

Try doing the obstacle course outdoors too

Jump over a stick, kick a ball, walk a tightrope on the curb!

Mealtime

Activity: Using a Spoon

Any of the following materials:

Bowl

Child-sized spoon,

2 Fruit or veggie pouches

Occupational Therapy with Adaptive Equipment

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to promote oral motor skills needed to eat from a spoon. Some children may be working on flexibility, in accepting contents of a pouch being presented in a bowl or from a spoon.

Growing My Skills

Start by allowing your child to eat from the pouch-like they normally do

Before they finish, present the bowl and model squeezing your pouch into the bowl, discuss the color or smell

Assess your child’s response to this sensory experience, if they seem interested, move to the next step of scooping with a spoon, working up to tasting from the spoon and eventually them scooping/eating with a spoon

If your child appears aversive or upset to any of the steps above, you can take a step back and model play or food exploration

Language Time

Activity: Go! Go! Go! Stop! By Charise Mericle Harper

Materials:

Go! Go! Go! Stop! By Charise Mericle Harper book

Playdough or shaving cream

Toy cars

Blue Bird Day and places I go

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to provide an opportunity for your child to increase use, expand, and improve understanding of language through play.

Growing My Skills

Make playdough or shaving cream “roads” on the table, then play “stop/go” with transportation toys

Use a “ready, set….. go!” phrase at first, then allow for completion of the phrase by leaving off the last word (i.e., “Ready… Set …..”)

This activity allows for focus on joint attention, engagement, following directions, and simple language output

Provide simple language model to describe the car (e.g., Fast car! Car goes down!)

Take turns being the “stoplight” and let your child be the one saying “stop/go”

Take the playscheme a step further and create crashes!

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1233 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60607

WHEATON LOCATION – Now Open!

140 E Loop Rd, Wheaton, IL 60189

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1921 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613

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(312) 243-8487

info@bbdprogram.com

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