September 28, 2018
This activity addresses cutting skills for beginners.
September 28, 2018
This Thanksgiving activity helps promote pincer grasp and works on cutting skills as well as hand strengthening as the child pinches the clothespins and places them as feathers on the turkey’s body.
September 28, 2018
Make your own cardboard guitar with rubber band strings to work on finger strength and fine motor control.
September 28, 2018
Using the tongs to pick up cotton balls or small object helps reinforce functional grasp as the child holds the tongs in the same manner she would hold a writing tool or scissors. In addition, this activity works on visual perception as the child has to place the object through the opening.
September 28, 2018
This activity promotes pincer grasp and visual motor skills by creating and decorating an acorn shape.
September 28, 2018
This colorful activity promotes finger strength and functional grasp. The child will practice cutting skills as he cuts a leaf for his new caterpillar friend.
September 28, 2018
Promote fine motor control skills and bilateral use of hands by using pipe cleaners and a craft stick. Create a small play animals and decorate it.
September 28, 2018
Use small pellets such as beans or small buttons to strengthen finger muscles and promote pincer grasp pattern.
September 28, 2018
Promote forearm pronation by filling up paper cups using water bottles.
September 28, 2018
This activity works on grasp and bilateral hand use by creating and painting a fish shape using a paper lunch bag and some yarn.
September 28, 2018
This activity works on multiple skills. The child will work on motor planning through a craft activity that has multiple steps. Painting with a brush or Q-tips will help develop grasp patterns, as well as work on visual motor skills. If using a tissue paper, the child can practice cutting skills by cutting small pieces and work on finger strengthening as he/she crumbles the pieces into little balls.
September 28, 2018
This activity works on thumb opposition as the child pinches the clothespins using the thumb and each finger in isolation.
September 28, 2018
This fall activity promotes pincer grasp by using tongs to move and glue leaves across midline.
September 28, 2018
This activity allows the child to create a unique paper texture. The goal is to promote the child’s fine motor skills and control by utilizing both hands, cutting, and painting. The use of finger paint allows the child to work on processing tactile input.
September 28, 2018
This activity works on grasp and finger strengthening as well as fine motor control skills by building a mini model airplane out of a clothespin and wooden sticks.
September 28, 2018
This winter themed activity can be done all year long. It promotes the child’s visual perceptual skills as the child is looking for matching mittens, and fine motor skills as the child manipulates the clothespins. If you let the child cut the mittens and decorate them as well, you also work on visual motor skills.
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