The more research I do, the more I find fun ideas for vision therapy to make this slightly less monotonous than it probably needs to be. In my findings, I saw ideas that were homemade, more creative ideas that seemed to make crossing the mid-line more interesting. While many of them said picking objects up, or placing objects on a table by crossing, I knew my boys would love the idea of whacking something. So I created this. I call out a number, and they punch, whack, hit, or otherwise get some aggression out on those unsuspecting numbers by sitting in between the papers and hitting them only using the opposite hand.
We turned this into a game then, which they loved even more. They get three chances (or more) to follow me calling out numbers with the opposite hand. But if they hit the paper using bilateral movements, they are "out."
We tried it today and it was a hit, so we'll continue this one, along with adding in some other creative ideas I've discovered.
I also ran across these writing 8's papers, and am considering making some of my own in this fashion just to give them some variety.
http://www.therapro.com/Trace-the-8s-P322384C307768.aspx?utm_source=Apr1613Newsletter&utm_medium=Email
This is how it seems to be used:
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