Create Your Own Summer Side Business Workbook

Description

A complete step-by-step guide for school-based therapists ready to build skill-based camps, classes, or tutoring sessions, on your terms.

If you’re a school-based OT, PT, or SLP, you probably love what you do… but once summer break hits, the income stops. Many of us end up taking contract work in home health, jumping into skilled nursing gigs, or picking up unrelated jobs just to cover the bills. Meanwhile, families in your own community are searching for help, desperately needing meaningful activities to support their children’s motor skills, sensory needs, and development during the summer months.

This printable workbook was created just for you, to help you use your clinical knowledge, creativity, and passion to build a tutoring-style side business that fits your life. Whether you want to run a handwriting camp, sensory motor playgroup, life skills club, or offer simple one-on-one sessions that target shoe tying or fine motor skills…This guide walks you through the process of building something purposeful that pays.

No formal course. No overwhelming setup. Just everything you need in one easy-to-follow workbook.

You’ll love this start-your-own therapy side-gig if…

• You want to earn summer income without burning out in contract work

• You’ve thought about starting camps or sessions but didn’t know where to begin

• You’re looking for a way to support kids and families using your existing skills

• You’d love to plan sessions on your own time, with your own kids nearby

• You want to create fun, flexible programs using what you already know and own

Real-life experience inspired this guide.

Years ago, I started a community playgroup focused on sensory play. I ran it on my terms, brought my young kids along, and created engaging activities that were fun, purposeful, and developmentally supportive. Parents loved it. Kids had a blast. And I was making money doing something I loved.

What started small turned into a thriving side business: handwriting groups, cooking camps, craft clubs, movement play, and more. I didn’t have a business degree. I had an OT background, a heart for families, and a plan that grew as I went. Now I want to help you do the same.

What’s Inside the Workbook:

✔️ A step-by-step system to guide you from idea to launch
✔️ Worksheets to define your program focus and niche
✔️ Planning pages for daily sessions, camps, and schedules
✔️ Budget calculator & price planner to help you confidently charge
✔️ Sample waivers, safety forms, and disclaimers
✔️ Registration form templates
✔️ Attendance tracker
✔️ Materials planning checklists
✔️ Activity plan worksheets
✔️ Interactive Canva templates for creating your marketing materials- for social media and printable flyers
✔️ Student intake form
✔️ EIN setup guide and basic business registration tips
✔️ Promotion ideas and planning templates
✔️ Brain dump pages to help you get everything out of your head
✔️ Inspiration and encouragement from someone who’s done it

Have you Ever Thought About Running a Side Business?

You can use this workbook to guide your startup process with many camps, summer playgroups, or skills groups: 

• Handwriting skill-building camps

• Handwriting (letter formation, cursive, etc.) tutoring

• Sensory motor playgroups

• Executive functioning bootcamps

• Fine motor fun clubs

• Cooking + life skills sessions

• Social-emotional learning through play

• Parent + child workshops

• Outdoor movement and nature play camps

Why this Start Your Own Therapy Camp Workbook works:

You already know how to help kids. This guide simply helps you package it.

You’ll walk away with a complete plan to run sessions that are fun, skill-based, and designed to meet real developmental needs, without calling it therapy. The workbook makes it easy to plan around your schedule, price your offerings with confidence, and run a low-stress business that supports families and your bank account.

Whether you start with one family or fill a full camp, you’ll have everything you need to begin, and grow, from the ground up.

This is your time. Let’s build something meaningful together.

Ready to start your own summer side hustle?
Grab your workbook and let’s make it happen.