06/10/2026
Farm chores are some of the best occupational therapy there is.
Today the kids watered chickens, washed water containers, filled them back up, and cleaned pens. While it may have looked like simple farm work, they were practicing:
• Strength and endurance
• Bilateral coordination
• Fine and gross motor skills
• Motor planning
• Sequencing and organization
• Problem-solving
• Balance and body awareness
• Responsibility and task completion
• Independence
• Caring for living things
The animals got fresh water and clean spaces, and the kids gained confidence, life skills, and the satisfaction that comes from a job well done. Farm life has a way of teaching lessons that can’t always be learned from a workbook.