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The Confetti Cupcake Decorator

OTPlan — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:54:52 +0000

This fun activity helps your little one build the tiny muscles in their hands. We call it the Confetti Cupcake Decorator. Your child will use a hole puncher to make paper sprinkles. Then, they will use tongs to place them on cupcakes. This is great for learning how to use both hands together. It also helps them get ready for holding a pencil later on. Plus, it is a creative way to play without a big mess!

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The Straw Rocket Blast

OTPlan — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:35:28 +0000

This activity is a blast for your preschooler. They will build strong hand muscles while rolling their own paper rockets. Wrapping the paper around a pencil helps develop finger coordination. It teaches them to use both hands together. Taping the tiny rocket nose works on precision and grip. Blowing the rocket provides excellent oral motor input. It also helps them learn how to control their breath. This can support speech development and self-regulation. It is a simple, playful way to practice big skills at home.

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The Supine Tape Rescue

OTPlan — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:32 +0000

This activity is fantastic for building shoulder strength and stability. By lying on their back and reaching up, your child is working against gravity. This helps prepare their tiny muscles for bigger tasks like writing and drawing. It also improves their ability to coordinate what they see with how they move their hands. Plus, it’s a fun way to explore different textures like feathers or ribbons!

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The Bubble Wrap Printmaker

OTPlan — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:54:05 +0000

This activity is a wonderful way to explore textures. It helps your child understand how much pressure to use. Painting the bubbles requires focus and small movements. Pressing and peeling the paper involves both hands working together. The result is a cool, textured piece of art!

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Laundry Basket Skee-Ball

OTPlan — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:09:00 +0000

This activity is a fun, physically engaging game that helps children practice controlling their body movements and aiming. By rolling sock "balls" up a ramp into baskets of different distances, they learn to adjust the force of their throws to reach a specific target.

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Tower Sticker Challenge

OTPlan — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:28:32 +0000

This fun activity combines gross motor movement (walking around the object) with fine motor precision, helping your toddler develop the fingertip control and hand stability needed for self-feeding and dressing tasks.

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Color Codes

OTPlan — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:54:49 +0000

This activity provides opportunities for fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, and problem-solving skills.

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Size Triangles

OTPlan — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:47:51 +0000

This activity provides opportunities for fine motor and visual motor skills.

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Flying Unicorn

Danielle Noriega — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:26:38 +0000

This activity promotes fine motor skills, such as lacing, tying, cutting, squeezing, and gluing.

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Snowflake Sisters

Danielle Noriega — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:39:16 +0000

This activity promotes fine motor skills (i.e. cutting with child-sized scissors, drawing with markers, squeezing a glue bottle, and manipulating painting utensils) involved in academics. In addition, it addresses sensory play through interaction with glue, salt, and watercolor textures.

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