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Pom-pom Poking Garden

OTPlan — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 03:08:19 +0000

This activity helps strengthen the tiny intrinsic muscles within the hand, which are crucial for developing endurance and control when holding a pencil, crayon, or fork. It also requires careful planning and precision.

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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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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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Fruit Building

OTPlan — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:40:35 +0000

This is a delicious activity. While this activity promotes tripod grasp and bilateral hand use, it is also a wonderful way to introduce new foods and textures to picky eaters or those children who love and enjoy fruit. Suggested fruit: cantaloupe, watermelon, mango, banana, grapes, plums, and peaches (veggies are welcome as well).

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PickUp Straws Game

OTPlan — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 07:47:20 +0000

This activity is good for children who work on their pincer grasp or on finger separation/thumb opposition. You can ask the child to use his thumb and pointer, thumb and middle finger, thumb and ring finger, or thumb and pinkie, to pick up the straws. For this game, you can use colorful straws, pens, colored pencils, toothpicks or pipe-cleaners.

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Potato Counter

OTPlan — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:21:42 +0000

This activity works on pincer grasp and hand strengthening by placing and counting toothpicks on fruits and vegetables.

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