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Camp Promise
This past summer the Little Light House Therapy team
hosted our 4th annual summer camp, Camp Promise.
The gym was transformed into a beautiful wonderland
of rainbow colors and ocean waters to reflect the story of
Noah’s Ark. The Therapy team spent the week teaching
our students all about Noah and working hard on different
therapy skills. Here are some of the highlights!
LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE THERAPY TEAM
Occupational Therapy: The kids had a blast making rainbow rice
sensory bottles. This is a great activity to work on following instructions
and sequencing. It also works on fine motor and visual motor skills. The
students practiced using both hands together-one to hold the bottle
and one to pour in the rice. They practiced isolating their index fingers in
order to poke the “clouds.” They used their scissor skills to snip rainbow
straws and then of course had so much fun shaking up the bottles. It’s
also great practice for vision to have them look for and count all the
rainbows in their bottle.
Physical Therapy: At Camp Anchor, our gross motor activity got all
of our students moving like different animals! We used a cube and
attached different animal actions to each side and then let our students
take turns rolling the dice. It was fun to watch everyone hop like frogs,
stand like flamingos and swim like fish.
Speech Therapy: A camp favorite that worked with speech therapy
was the snack! Our campers got to “eat the rainbow”, matching a food
to its designated color. Red = strawberry slices, orange = mandarin
orange slices, yellow = pineapple slices, green = green bell pepper
slices, blue = blueberries, purple = raisins, clouds = whipped cream and
marshmallows. They talked all about colors and foods and practiced
their fine motor skills by scooping the fruits and veggies and placing
them on their rainbow place mat.
Assistive Technology: Camp Promise was punctuated with squeals of
laughter as the kids reenacted the Noah story. Our students activated
switches to turn on the roaring winds (switch adapted fan), the crashing
waves (a switch with a water pick) and ocean bubbles (an adapted
bubble blower) while rocking on Noah’s ark with their animal friends.
We love giving every child the chance to participate in fun activities.
Assistive technology makes this possible!
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