Make a tic-tac-toe board using the markers, crayons, or pen.
Let the child choose a letter (focus on the letters that are difficult for the child to form).
Play the tic-tac-toe game, taking turns, writing the letters the child chose and making sure the child forms the letters correctly and places them inside the lines you drew.
For grading, make the tic-tac-toe board boxes in smaller or bigger size.
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.
This activity is divided into 2 parts: creating the rackets and playing ping pong with the rackets and the balloon.
First, glue the wooden stick to the paper plate with the wooden stick sticking out of the plate. The wooden stick is going to be where you hold the racket so the length of the stick that comes out of the paper plate should be at least 4 inches.
Once the sticks are glued, use the crayons to color or write on the paper plates.
Inflate the balloon.
Hold the paper plate racket and bounce the ball around.
If done in a group setting, you can instruct the kids to use the paper plate to bounce the balloon from one to another while playing a ping-pong game.
On a piece of construction paper, either draw a picture of a tree trunk and branches or have the child draw one for you.
Then give them a paper plate with 3 small dots of different colors of paint.
Ask them to dip one finger at a time into the paint and “dot” onto the trees to make the leaves.
For a fall tree, dot some paint at the bottom as well or along the sides as if the leaves are falling.
Draw 2-inch squiggly squares on the back of the paper plate.
Write sums that would equal either 10 or 5 in the boxes. Alternate the sums to create a pattern.
Gently color over the squares using green and yellow. Be sure to assign 5 the color yellow and 10 the color green or, vice versa.
Using a green construction paper, cut out the turtle’s head shape, 4 legs, and a tail.
Glue the turtles, head, legs, and tail onto the opposite side of the plate and glue on the eyes.
