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Big Tac Toe

Purpose:

When done in prone, this activity provides core strengthening, upper body strengthening, and proprioceptive input.

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)., Core Strength(?) Strengthening of the muscles that work on stabilizing the entire body. Some of these muscles include the abdominal muscles, pelvic muscles, low-mid back muscles, and the hip muscles., 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(?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Fine Motor Control(?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Head/Neck Extension(?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., 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., Proprioception(?) Proprioception is how your body knows what position it is in. It is the sense that enables us to know where the different parts of our body are, how they are moving, and how much strength our muscles need to use. Our muscles, joints, and skin all contain sensory receptors that contribute to proprioceptive input., Sensory Processing, Shoulder Strength, Social Interaction, Upper Body Strength, Visual Motor
Materials: Construction Paper, Crayons, Markers, Masking Tape, Pen, Scissors

Help the child cut 4 equal pieces of masking tape. Each piece should be about 3 feet long.

Use the masking tape pieces to make a large tic tac toe board on the floor.

Use the construction paper to cut shapes (each player should have his own shape). You will need 5 pieces of each shape. Let the child help you with a cutting of the shapes.

If working on writing skills, each player can write his name on his shapes.

Instruct the child to lay prone next to the tic tac toe board.

Using the pieces you cut, play the tic tac toe game by placing the pieces while keeping your body prone and reaching with your arms out to place the pieces on the board (i.e. crossing midline).

For grading: instead of writing your name on each shape, you can write your initials or any other word as appropriate.

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