Easy activity to develop fine motor dexterity and use up your piles of silly bands. Put some silly bands in a clean plastic jar. Sit in a circle with the children you want to participate. Have the first child unscrew the lid of the jar, reach in and get a band, loop it around the outside of the jar, screw the lid back on, and then pass it to the next person in the circle.
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Make an Ocean Bottle (blue) or a Lava Bottle (red)! Pick an empty bottle (we used the baby oil bottle because it has a kid resistant lid, but any bottle will do) and fill it halfway with baby oil. Next, you will fill it close to the top with water. We made the kids do this part with an eye dropper to work on their pincer grasp. When they started to complain we gave them a “boost” with a turkey baster. When they got enough water in their bottle, they were allowed to pick red/yellow food coloring for a “lava” bottle or blue/green food coloring for an “ocean” bottle. The adults put the food coloring in or heavily supervised the kiddos putting it in. Then you put the lid on, or hot glue it on if it is not a child resistant lid, shake it up, and enjoy! Important note: Baby oil is VERY DANGEROUS and OFTEN DEADLY when inhaled or ingested. Please supervise children when working around baby oil. The adults handled all of the baby oil and insured that the lids were closed and sealed, and that the kids understood that they were not to open their bottles.
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Tic-Tac-Toe Open Mic Chicken Dance Spin x 3 Dance Party Pop! Zoom! 20 Jumping Jacks Follow the Leader 10 sit-ups Rock-paper-scissors 10 push-ups Repeat after me song High Cincos Telephone 10 Ball explosions Simon Says Jump Rope Sign Language ABC’s Donkey kicks Kangaroo Hops Shake your Blues Away Crab Walks Seal Walk Army Crawl Bunny Hop Inchworm Walks Elephant Walks Wheelbarrow Walks Hop on one foot Yoga Dog Yoga Cat Yoga Tree Bear Walk Frog Jumps Over, Under, around and Through Jumps x 10 Shake your body Song Jog in place Stop Drop and Roll Freeze Game Play air guitar Knee Lifts x 10 March in Place Yoga Bridge Yoga Table Yoga Mouse Yoga Do Nothing Doll Yoga Candle Yoga Shark Yoga Hero
A homemade chart for helping children self-regulate, based off of the excellent Zones of Regulation and Alert Program. * The child this chart was done for a young child who mainly has problems with a “high engine”. You could include a ’ ___ makes my engine higher’ section for a child with different needs, or "tools to change my zone" with older children.  |
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