04/09/2026
Play with a purpose 💪✨
This fun rock wall activity is a simple way to target a ton of OT areas!
• Upper body and core strength
• Bilateral coordination (using both sides of the body together)
• Grip strength and endurance
• Motor planning and completing multi-step tasks
• Body and spatial awareness
• Visual-motor integration (finding and matching specific colors)
• Reflex integration, including ATNR and TLR
By adding a simple challenge of “find the matching color ring”, we turned movement into a goal-directed task that kept him engaged and motivated.
This is the beauty of play in OT: when kids are having fun, they’re more willing to try a push themselves a little further.