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Pom-Pom Skyscraper

OTPlan — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:16:38 +0000

This fun building challenge strengthens the small, intricate muscles in the hand and improves the precise control and coordination needed for important school tasks like pencil grip and managing fasteners.

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Styro-Dart Challenge

OTPlan — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:00:09 +0000

This target practice game strengthens the stabilizing muscles in the wrist and shoulder, which are crucial for maintaining good handwriting posture and endurance. It also requires excellent visual motor skills and motor planning for accurate aiming and force control.

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Tee Time Smash

OTPlan — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:52:13 +0000

This fun activity provides wonderful heavy work input (proprioception) to the arm and shoulder muscles. It is excellent for developing the coordination required to use both hands together for tasks like zipping coats or opening containers later on.

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Pick the Toothpick

OTPlan — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:01:03 +0000

This activity promotes tripod grasp by allowing the child to push toothpicks into a styrofoam.

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Spaghetti Stringing

OTPlan — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:07:31 +0000

This activity works on grasp and manual dexterity/in-hand manipulation by stringing small objects on spaghetti.

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