This activity promotes cutting skills and motor planning through the task. Give the child the instructions verbally and support with visuals if needed. Observe if the child is able to motor plan through the three steps (cut, glue, color/decorate) without assistance.

This activity encourages and promotes pre writing skills by allowing the child to practice letter formation using a paint brush and water.

This is a fun and creative activity that works on tolerating tactile input and finger isolation.

In addition to the strengthening of the finger muscles, this activity helps in developing the child’s cutting skills as the child imitates the cutting motion by using a single hole puncher.

This activity enables the child to develop his upper body strength and receive proprioceptive input. It also gives the child an opportunity to work on maintaining eye contact.

This activity helps in developing cutting skills.

This activity helps in developing pre-writing and writing skills.

This activity works on finger motions that are similar to the ones used for cutting.

Draw 2″ circles on the cardboard sheets. Cut them out, or let the child cut them if the cardboard is …

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.