🎉 Explore The Kinected OT's "Summer Bucket List!"
A list of fun, real-life activities to build your child’s confidence, independence, and executive function.
You know your child best. These are general suggestions, and not every activity will be right for every child. Please use your own judgment based on your child’s:
– Cognitive abilities
– Emotional maturity
– Judgment skills
– And the environment in which the activity takes place (e.g., safety of your neighborhood or comfort with certain social settings)
When in doubt, start small.
Ages 3–5: Gentle Exposure Through Playful Independence
· • Order their own ice cream
· • Pay for a small item with cash
· • Introduce themselves by name
· • Say hello to a child at the playground
· • Ask a librarian where the coloring pages are
· • Participate in a parent-and-me swim or music class
· • Visit an unfamiliar playground or park
Encourage to play while you’re sitting nearby (but not hovering)
· • Choose their outfit for the day
· • Make their own simple sandwich
· • Knock on a neighbor’s door to give them a small gift (with you nearby)
· • Try a short morning day camp (art, music, dance)
· • Attend a library story time or puppet show
· • Dance in front of others (family or kids’ event)
· • Ask for ketchup or napkins at a restaurant
· • Feed animals at a petting zoo or farm stand
· • Attend a kid’s exercise class or gym nursery while parent works out