20+ Fun February Teletherapy Activities
Looking to save time planning your teletherapy sessions in February? Find ideas and links to screen share during your teletherapy sessions (or in-person sessions) to improve your student’s fine motor, visual motor, visual perceptual, gross motor, motor planning, and handwriting skills. Ideas perfect for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists and teachers working with preschool through elementary aged students.
February is a great month to focus on friendship, cooperation and love!
I love making valentines day cards with my students as there are so many ways to grade up/down to customize for each student’s goals.
However, after Valentine’s day, I like to continue the theme of friendship and feelings through the month. You could also do some President’s Day activities later in the month.
Also, I always have those few students that rush through their card making and I need some other treatment ideas to keep their attention.
Below, you’ll find a list of ideas to keep your students busy and having fun all month long!
Teletherapy activities to work on visual memory
I love using these memory games because they are fun and usually work really well on screen share.
Here are some other ways I use these games:
To practice writing skills by having students write down or type each of the matches they make.
To increase the memory challenge by having students recall as many matches as they can after the game is finished. Usually, I’ll have them do it verbally first and then write the words down on paper.
For younger students, they can practice drawing one of their favorite pictures from the memory game.
Memory Game-Valentine breakout
Memory Game-Star Wars Valentine
Memory Game-Valentines vocabulary (match pictures to the words)
Teletherapy activities to work on visual perceptual skills
Word searches are great for building vocabulary and working on those visual scanning skills. Visual scanning is important for developing good reading skills.
To grade this activity up:
Have students practice writing or typing the words they find.
Have students practice writing or typing a sentence using the words they find in the word search.
Challenge students to write or type the definition of the words in the word search.
To grade this activity down:
Number the rows and columns using your pencil tool and then give the appropriate clues to help students find the words.
Hidden picture puzzles work on visual perceptual skills including visual figure ground and visual closure.
Visual figure ground is the ability to focus on one specific piece of information in a busy background (like being able to find your car keys on the messy kitchen countertop)
Good visual figure ground skills help students to be able to find objects in a busy background, copy text from a blackboard, and keep their place when reading words on a page.
Visual Closure is the ability to correctly perceive an object or word, even when it is partly hidden.
Good visual closure skills help children to read more fluently.
To grade the activity up:
Have students write down the objects they find.
Have the students write a sentence using the object they find.
To grade the activity down:
Give the students verbal/directional cues on where to find the objects.
Draw 4 quadrants onto the picture using your pencil tool and then tell the students which quadrant to look in for the object.
Here are some more Valentine puzzles that you can customize 4 pieces to 36 pieces.
Teletherapy activities to work on fine motor and visual motor skills
Do you have those students that are less than eager to participate with anything Valentine’s day related?
Here’s a fun Worst Valentine Ever Mad Lib writing activity that works well to screen share and have your student type or write their responses on paper.
and another Mad Lib activity here: Love Poem Mad Lib
Here are some free printables for President’s Day!
Prefer to work on some guided drawing instead of writing?
Check out these video tutorials:
Teletherapy activities for Brain Breaks and Gross Motor Skills
Valentine PE-Find the Gnome-great for visual tracking and gross motor!
Cupid on the Run! This one has different levels and focuses on run, jump, squatting with periods of “freeze” to help students with regulation.
Choose from some of these heart opening yoga poses to use as brain breaks, warm-ups or cool-downs in your session.
February book recommendations
I really enjoy selecting books each month and building my sessions around them. I can target so many goals and customize the lessons for each of my student’s goals this way.
I usually will screen share a YouTube version of the book to read with the student. I like to select versions that have the printed words and then I mute the sound and read the captions while letting the video play.
Here are some of my favorites this month that focus on friendship, emotions, and love.
Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper
There was an old lady who swallowed a rose by Lucille Colandro
Dragons love tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri
In my heart by Jo Witek
If you’re interested in saving time and curious how I pair simple gross motor, fine motor and sensory motor activities with books, check out the Growing Little Brains shop to purchase my February book activities bundle.
These activities are great for working with younger students (ages 2-6). There are 3 different books included per month as well as a gross motor, fine motor and sensory motor activity that coordinates with each book.
The activities require little to no additional materials so they are perfect for those working via teletherapy with students at home or in the classroom.
Find the February Book Activities here!
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