Line Tangles

Equipment: Chalkboard and chalk, eraser, balance equipment.

Purpose: Develop oculomotor skills, vestibular-ocular coordination.

Procedure: Write a column of three letters on one side of the board and a column of three letters on the other side of the board.
Draw “tangled” lines from one side to the other side. Ask patient, standing or seated about 6 feet away, to tell you where the line starting at 1 ends up.

Gradations:
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• Increase the complexity of the lines.
• Increase the length of the columns.
• Have patient stand up, or stand on a balance board, or on a trampoline and untangle the lines.

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