Schedule
  1. Avoid being in a rush
  2. Post or stick with a daily schedule to minimize meltdowns
  3. Minimize screen time (TV, video games, computers)
  4. Allow for a variety of movement activities in your schedule
  5. Provide choices whenever possible
Activities
  1. Backyard trampoline with safety enclosures
  2. Large therapy ball: laying on stomach to play a card/board game on the floor or to do a puzzle on the floor
  3. Join gymnastics, karate, swimming or horseback riding
  4. Spend time outside going for hikes, bike riding, jump roping, etc.
  5. Provide heavy work chores when the student is escalating

Do you have students who write too big or have troubles leaving space in between words? Try using graph paper for students instead of lined paper for assignments. Depending on the student’s ability level, he or she can print two letters in each square and leave one square open in between each word. I have found this to be very successful for students who need visual guidelines for their writing.

Jigsaw Puzzles are a great activity to increase your students’ visual perceptual, spatial, and fine motor skills.  In turn, puzzle activities also help students improve their ability to copy notes off the board. Have an enrichment day in class where students work on putting puzzles together-individually or in groups!