Can you believe that July is upon us? This month’s Occupational Therapy calendar is full of backyard summer fun activities that build skills using sensory processing components. These are great activities to get the kids moving and developing skills using the senses.
This list of Summer things to do with kids and families this summer is a list of therapist-approved activities that help promote stronger core muscles, refined fine motor skills, and the very skills kids need to learn, play, and develop.
That’s why we made this…
Free July Occupational Therapy Calendar!
This free July occupational therapy calendar is great for creating home programs and to use when school based OT is out of session for the Summer. We love to print these calendars off as a printable Summer OT program for parents and guardians to use all Summer long.
You’ll also want to grab our free June OT Activities Calendar.
And our August OT Activities Calendar.
Our recommendation is to print these off and hang them on the fridge at home. Pick one OT activity and day and do them in order or do them in an order that makes sense for your schedule and family needs. We didn’t put dates on these calendars for just that reason. We want these Summer OT ideas to be fun and motivating…not a challenge to do!
These calendars and activities are backed by expertise, education, and experience as an Occupational Therapist.
This month is all about backyard summer fun and creative ways to incorporate sensory input into summer activities.
These activities are sure to keep away the summer boredom. Many kids who receive school-based OT are on a break from their school-based therapy services and are following a summer program. These ideas are perfect for adding to a summer therapy program or just doing for fun!
Are you looking for Occupational Therapy activities to beat the summer OT slide? What are you doing to work on certain goal areas?
July Occupational Therapy Activities
We have many Summer activities here on The OT Toolbox, and as a Member in our membership club, you can find thousands of printable, Summer themed activities.
If you need some ideas, check out these resources:
Free Summer I Spy/Writing Sheets
Free Ocean Animals I Spy Game
Free Letter to My Future Self
Free Summer Sensory Stations
Free Baseball/Softball Activity slide deck
Free Picnic Activities slide deck
Free Picnic L/R Discrimination slide deck
Free Ice Cream Play Dough Mat
Free Simon Says Commands
Free Cut and Paste Ocean Patterns
Free I Spy Beach Printable
Free Summer I Spy
Free July Occupational Therapy Calendar
Colleen Beck, OTR/L has been an occupational therapist since 2000, working in school-based, hand therapy, outpatient peds, EI, and SNF. Colleen created The OT Toolbox to inspire therapists, teachers, and parents with easy and fun tools to help children thrive. Read her story about going from an OT making $3/hour (after paying for kids’ childcare) to a full-time OT resource creator for millions of readers. Want to collaborate? Send an email to contact@theottoolbox.com.
Work on fine motor skills, visual perception, visual motor skills, sensory tolerance, handwriting, scissor skills, and much more so that kids can accomplish self-care tasks, learn, and grow through play all summer long.
This bundle is perfect for the pediatric occupational therapist who needs resources and tools to use in summer therapy sessions.
The Summer Activity Bundle includes:
- Summer Fine Motor Kit
- Summer Writing Sheets
- Summer Memory Game- perfect for playing Memory or using in sensory bins
- Summer OT Packet ($20 value)
- 180 Outdoor Sensory Diet Cards- for when your kiddo is “sooooo bored” or using in sensory diets
- BONUS: Summer Sensory Activity Guide
This is a digital product that will last all Summer long!
The Summer OT Bundle is your ticket to sending the kids back to school in the Fall without worrying about the “Summer Slide”. Each Fall, kids need to catch up on areas that they’ve lost over the summer months. With the Summer OT Bundle, there is no worry about falling backwards. Use the materials to maintain and even grow motor skill development this summer so kids can thrive and jump into learning next Fall.
