Point out objects hidden in a given picture such as balls, buckets, fish, stars, shapes, etc.

PURPOSE

This activity helps the learner enhance and improve their concentration.

• Step 1

  Look for a picture in the home or find one on your phone that has many different objects. Feel free to draw a picture and conceal some objects in different parts of the picture. Or the picture in the description can be used.

• Step 2

  Show the learner the picture and ask them to point out how many different objects they can find.

Sort out and name different shapes. Blocks, stencils of shapes or drawn shapes can be used. Any object which is of a circle, square, triangle, rectangle shape at home can be used.

PURPOSE

This activity will help the learner understand the concept of shapes, color, and size - big or small. This will also help learners understand how to categorize and identify fruits and vegetables, which will be useful in everyday life.

• Step 1

  Look for different objects at home that are circle, square, triangle or rectangle shaped.

Create shadows of various familiar objects and have the learner guess what the objects are just by looking at their shadows.

For more details, refer to the Shadow Play project linked here.

PURPOSE

This activity teaches the learner about the interaction of light, shadows and distance.

• Step 1

Using a small pillow or cushion, the caregiver and the learner can joust with one another. Be careful to be gentle with the pillow so there is no injury.

PURPOSE

This activity improves the learner’s sense of balance, grip, instinct, and defense.

• Step 1

  Take any soft pillow or cushion available around the house. Give one to the learner as well.

• Step 2

  Demonstrate a pillow fight without hurting the other person. Increase frequency and intensity only as the learner gets comfortable with the activity.

Using a brush or a sponge encourages the learner to scrub various surfaces around the house.

PURPOSE

This activity improves hand eye coordination, sense of force and grip.

• Step 1

  Take a soft sponge or brush and demonstrate to the learner how to scrub various surfaces.

• Step 2

  Ask them to scrub and gradually create movement patterns like circular motions, horizontal motions, and vertical motions once the learner is confident with simple scrubbing motions.

Using any flour available at home and water, help the learner mix with their hands and then knead the mixture into a dough.

PURPOSE

This activity improves the learner’s sense of force and use of fingers in a coordinated manner.

• Step 1

  Mix flour and water with hands and demonstrate to the learner how to mix and then knead.

• Step 2

  Encourage them to knead this dough and then gradually begin with encouraging them to do the mixing as well as kneading.

• Step 3

Shake hands or hold the hand of the caregiver (squeeze balls would be ideal for this activity but in the absence of this, holding hands can be an option)

PURPOSE

This activity improves the learner’s sense of force through hand grip.

• Step 1

  Sit with the learner and shake their hand 10 times. Each time, squeeze a little stronger to practice gripping.

• Step 2

  If there is a squeeze ball in the home, give the learner the squeeze ball and repeat step 1. This can also be done with dough at home.

Balance a book/board on the learner’s head while they try to hold a spoon in the mouth and balance a potato or lime in it.

PURPOSE

This activity uses the unpredictable movements of a book/board/potato and re-educates the body to quickly react to the wobbly movements without having to think about these movements.

• Step 1

  Look for a book or a large board or a spoon with a lime or potato.

• Step 2

  Place the book/board on the learner’s head and try to let them balance.

• Step 3

Practice going up and down the stairs while carrying objects of different weights. Gradually increase the weights from light to heavy

PURPOSE

This activity helps to improve a learner’s concentration and focus. The weight of the object changes the learner’s proprioception and balance so they learn to adapt and adjust.

• Step 1

  Fill a backpack with some light objects and have the learner carry the backpack.

• Step 2

  Look for a staircase or an uphill climb.

• Step 3

Move slowly with the body close to the ground or on hand or knees.

PURPOSE

This activity will help learners work the muscles and joints.

• Step 1

  Tell the learner to go on all fours on their hands and knees, show them if necessary.

• Step 2

  Start moving slowly around the house on their hands and knees.