Occupational Therapy Gift Guide
Many of the best occupational therapy tools are everyday toys you may already have at home or would make excellent gifts. Here are some favorites from KCC occupational therapists that provide a lot of fun while also building motor skills, boosting coordination, and encouraging sensory exploration.
INFANT THROUGH 2 YEARS
Teach that actions have consequences; improve cognitive and motor skills, language development, and problem-solving abilities; help kids learn intentional play; improve hand-eye coordination; build attention span; lead to curiosity
Help with developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving abilities; improve cognitive skills like memory, spatial awareness, and concentration; build confidence, perseverance, and language skills through activities like shape and color recognition.
2-4 YEARS
Improve cognitive and physical development like boosting memory, concentration, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination; help with emotional and social growth by encouraging creativity, self-expression, confidence, patience, and discipline; help with academic skills like math and language.
Develop cognitive, motor, emotional, and social skills by improving problem-solving, hand-eye coordination, attention span, and spatial awareness; teach concepts like matching, sorting, and recognizing patterns.
Develop cognitive, motor, social and creative skills through hands-on problem-solving and imagination; improve hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness and fine motor skills; improve motor planning skills and early math and science concepts like balance, measurement, and cause-and-effect.
Develop hand-eye coordination, finger strength and precision; help with everyday tasks like writing, dressing and eating.
5-7 YEARS
Develop cognitive, motor, social and creative skills through hands-on problem-solving and imagination; improve hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness and fine motor skills; improve motor planning skills and early math and science concepts like balance, measurement, and cause-and-effect.
Develop coordination, balance, body awareness and the ability to organize and execute movements; improve both fine motor skills (like using scissors) and gross motor skills (like navigating an obstacle course); improve the ability to learn, adapt to new situations and perform daily tasks more efficiently.
Improve bilateral coordination skills, hand-eye coordination, throwing skills, and motor planning skills.
Develop hand-eye coordination, finger strength and precision; help with everyday tasks like writing, dressing and eating.
7-13 YEARS
Improve bilateral coordination skills, hand-eye coordination, throwing skills, and motor planning skills.
Develop coordination, balance, body awareness and the ability to organize and execute movements; improve both fine motor skills (like using scissors) and gross motor skills (like navigating an obstacle course); improve the ability to learn, adapt to new situations and perform daily tasks more efficiently.
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