Recreation Therapy to Create a Better Life

Coping skills freeze tag is great for people to identify coping skills that they can use and when they can use them. Peers listening t...

At our facility this year, we are not allowed to use plastic eggs for the Easter egg hunt so we got a  creative and made origami Easter eggs...

Materials Butcher Paper Paint  Paint Brushes Cups of water and napkins (to clean paint brushes) Instructions Tell the patients t...

Materials Brown bag for each patient 3 sheets of construction paper for each patient Glue Scissors Instructions Give each patient...

This is such a fun and beautiful holiday! I love celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. At my work, we do not ...

Equipment : one ball for each person in the group Objectives First, ask your group who can demonstrate juggling (There i...

Equipment: a rope tied in a circle How to Play: Put the rope on the ground. Have the participants grab the rope and pick i...

Spot tag is a funny game for the participants to break the ice, laugh with each other, and work on important skills. They quickly realize...

Objective: participants work together to move entire group across simulated “lava river” Emphasis ·       Develop cohesion ...

Equipment: blindfolds, variety of obstacles, boundaries Rules ·       Put numerous obstacles on the ground in a path abou...

Equipment: a tarp or blanket Objectives ·       Divide the participants into two group ·       Place the tarp hanging in...

Equipment Tarp with a grid on it Make the grid as big or small as your group will need it Pen Piece of paper Objective s...

Materials Soft item/ball How to Play Have a team of taggers and a team of people to be frozen (about a 1:5 ratio). The team that can ...

Equipment Something for each participant to stand on plus one extra - I've used foam squares, put X's on the floor with tape, etc....