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Stencil Trace

September 28, 2018

Tracing Stencils

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Crossing Midline (?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Eye-Hand Coordination, Pre Writing, Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor

This activity helps to develop pre-writing skills by tracing different types of stencils.

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September 28, 2018

Make a Puzzle

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Fine Motor Control, Hand Arches/Separation, Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor

This activity develops fine motor control (coloring within the lines of simple shape), attention to task and following of multi-step directions (following prompts such as “color the star yellow”), fine motor skills (cutting) and visual motor skills (putting puzzle together).

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Acorn Stamp

September 28, 2018

Acorn Stamper

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Fine Motor Control, Finger Strength, Finger Translation, Grasp, Hand Dexterity, In-hand Manipulation, Motor Planning (?) Motor planning is the ability to assess a motor activity, plan and organize how to carry out that motor activity, and finally implement motor skills to achieve that motor activity. Motor planning leads to the ability to carry out a motor skill automatically after enough practice., Pincer Control, Pincer Grasp (?) The pincer grasp is the coordination of the index finger and thumb to hold an item. Each time you hold a pen or button your shirt, you’re using the pincer grasp. Pincer grasp is a hand grasp that develops around the time a baby is 8-10 months old. This grasp corresponds to the time a baby is beginning to feed themselves finger foods. The pincer grasp is needed in order to grasp a small item, pinch it between the index and thumb and bring it to the mouth., Sensory Processing, Tactile Perception (?) Tactile Perception (sometimes referred to as touch perception) is the brain's ability to understand (perceive) what the hands are feeling., Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor

This activity promotes pincer grasp and visual motor skills by creating and decorating an acorn shape.

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September 28, 2018

Stamp it up

Skills: Crossing Midline (?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Eye-Hand Coordination, Hand Arches/Separation, Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor

This fun activity works on tripod grasp. Using a small stamp requires the child to use his fingers in a similar way of grasping a writing tool.

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September 28, 2018

Ice Painting

Skills: Pre Writing, Sensory Processing, Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor

This cold and fun activity helps in developing tripod grasp as well as sensory processing.

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September 28, 2018

TP Roll Snake

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Fine Motor Control, Finger Strength, Grasp, Hand Dexterity, Motor Planning (?) Motor planning is the ability to assess a motor activity, plan and organize how to carry out that motor activity, and finally implement motor skills to achieve that motor activity. Motor planning leads to the ability to carry out a motor skill automatically after enough practice., Pincer Grasp (?) The pincer grasp is the coordination of the index finger and thumb to hold an item. Each time you hold a pen or button your shirt, you’re using the pincer grasp. Pincer grasp is a hand grasp that develops around the time a baby is 8-10 months old. This grasp corresponds to the time a baby is beginning to feed themselves finger foods. The pincer grasp is needed in order to grasp a small item, pinch it between the index and thumb and bring it to the mouth., Tripod Grasp, Visual Motor

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.

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September 28, 2018

Fall Leaves

Skills: Bilateral Hand Use (?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Crossing Midline (?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Cutting, Fine Motor Control, Finger Strength, Grasp, Motor Planning (?) Motor planning is the ability to assess a motor activity, plan and organize how to carry out that motor activity, and finally implement motor skills to achieve that motor activity. Motor planning leads to the ability to carry out a motor skill automatically after enough practice., Pincer Grasp (?) The pincer grasp is the coordination of the index finger and thumb to hold an item. Each time you hold a pen or button your shirt, you’re using the pincer grasp. Pincer grasp is a hand grasp that develops around the time a baby is 8-10 months old. This grasp corresponds to the time a baby is beginning to feed themselves finger foods. The pincer grasp is needed in order to grasp a small item, pinch it between the index and thumb and bring it to the mouth., Tripod Grasp, Visual Perception

This fall activity promotes pincer grasp by using tongs to move and glue leaves across midline.

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