The ability to use both hands together as a team. We use this for almost everything, like holding the paper with one hand while cutting with the other, or buttoning a shirt.
Cut the fruit to bite size pieces and put them on a plate or in a container.
Provide the child with toothpicks (you can use different color and size toothpicks, wooden toothpicks, or plastic toothpicks).
Let the child poke the toothpicks into the fruit pieces and promote him/her to create a structure using his/her imagination and creativity.
When the structure is complete, encourage the child to “take it apart” by eating the fruit.
Use the hole puncher and the index cards to punch holes in different directions or create different shapes.
Give the child a lace and show him/her the proper sequence to lace these holes.
Have the child lace the picture without skipping any hole.
In this activity, we create a marble maze to promote fine motor skills.
Start by gluing the straws on the cardboard. You will need to glue each straw on the opposite side as follows:
Let the glue dry.
We used a gallon size zip lock bag but you can use a smaller zip lock bag to create a smaller maze.
At the bottom edge of the zip lock bag, cut a small slit. Make sure you cut it on the side the marble will come out from.
Once the glue is dry and the straws are secured, insert the cardboard into the ziplock bag.
Close the ziplock bag almost all the way, leaving a small opening for the marble to fit in.
Put the marble through the opening and start moving it with your finger through the maze until it comes out at the bottom.
You can alternate the fingers you use to move the marble or you can use both hands to hold the cardboard and move it from side to side, letting the marble slide out.
Using the pencil and the ruler, mark the toilet roll every 2 inches and draw around the tube. These will be cutting lines we will use to create the paper roll caterpillar body.
Take the scissors and cut around the marks you have made so that you are left with several short tubes.
Paint the tubes both on the inside and outside, it is more effective if you paint the outside a different color to the inside.
Glue the tubes to each other, end to end, putting one tube aside to use for the head later.
Glue the head tube on the top of the last tube in the chain.
Using the glue, stick the two wiggle eyes on the head.
Draw a mouth just below the wiggle eyes.
Using the felt or the pipe cleaners, cut two short pieces and stick onto the top of the head to make antenna.
Cut two more pieces for each body section the caterpillar has and stick these onto the bottom to create legs.
Building your own Forky character can help promote bilateral coordination and grasp skills.
To create Forky, we will need a plastic spork or a spoon.
Glue 2 different size wiggle eyes to the backside of the spork.
Use a red or pink marker to color the cheeks.
Roll blue playdough between your hands to create a thin line. Attach the 2 ends of the line to form a mouth for Forky and glue it on the spork.
Roll a piece of red playdough between your hands to create a thin line for the eyebrow.
Cut or break the craft stick to 2 equal size sticks.
Roll a piece of playdough between your hands to create a ball.
Stick the cut edge of the craft sticks into the playdough.
Flatten the bottom and use your finger to pinch the top-up.
Use markers to write your name on the bottom of the feet.
Stick the spork into the top part of the playdough ball.
Find the middle of the red pipe cleaner.
Wrap the pipe cleaner around the spork just below the face.
Create palms at both ends of the pipe cleaners by folding the edges into a wiggly line.
