Wooden Blocks

The following activities can be done with the wooden blocks given to your child in their Therapy to Go bag. You may do these activities at a table, on the floor, or on another flat surface.

Targeted skills

Gross motor: reaching, sitting or standing balance
Visual and fine motor: dexterity, precision, coordination
Cognition: following a pattern, color identification
Communication: understanding directions, directional language

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Reminders

Make sure your child does not put the wooden blocks in their mouth. This could cause them to choke.
Be patient with your child. Give them enough time to complete each activity.
Show your child how to do each activity before they do it themselves.
Help your child as needed.

Activities

Blocks in a box

You will need a container or box for this activity. You can use something from around your house such as a plastic container.

Place the wooden blocks and container in front of your child.
Pick up blocks one at a time. Place them in the container or box.
Take the blocks out of the container or box one at a time.
Repeat the activity until your child becomes tired or moves to another activity.

Building block towers

These towers are listed in order of easiest to hardest. Your child may not be able to do all of the towers. That is OK.

Continue building the towers one at a time until the activity gets too hard or your child has completed building all of the towers.

Show your child how to build the first tower.
Have your child build the same tower.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 with all of the towers or until your child is done with the activity.