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Tools
- Balance 1
- Core & Upper Body Strengthening 1
- Cutting Along Lines 6
- Cutting Simple Shapes 3
- Cutting a Circle 5
- Finger Isolation 2
- Finger/Hand Strengthening 31
- Graded Control 1
- Hand Arches 17
- In-Hand Manipulation 4
- Letter Formation 18
- Letter Sizing 11
- Motor Planning 3
- Parent Resource 1
- Pincer Grasp 30
- Prewriting 5
- Separation of the Hand 27
- Snipping 1
- Winter Theme 1
- free 7
- visual scanning 2
Hungry Caterpillar
Strengthen the hand/fingers with this fun hole punching activity! Feed the hungry caterpillar by punching out holes in the leaf corresponding with the number indicate. This is a great precursor activity to scissor cutting!
Longest Caterpillar Competition
Build fine motor skills and color matching by using tongs to pick up pom poms and sort by color. Which caterpillar is the longest?
Gingerbread Man Letter Discovery
Find hidden uppercase letters and write the matching lowercase letter. Children will use their eye dropper or a spray bottle to find hidden letters.
Light or Heavy?
This activity targets perception, scissor cutting, fine motor skills, and more! Sort the objects by category after cutting.
Threading Straws into Patterns
Improve fine motor, visual-motor, and visual perception skills by stringing straws into a pattern.
Cutting Straight Lines
Practice cutting straight lines with visual cues for helper hand placement
Minnie/Mickey Mouse Bookmark
Practice cutting simple shapes to create a Mickey and Minnie Mouse Bookmark.
Decorate the Donut
Strengthen the hands, develop the hand arches, and improve pincer grasp by using a single-hole puncher to punch out holes and glue them to the donut as sprinkles
Princess Play-Doh Mat
Strengthen the hands and fingers by building a dress for one of the four princesses.
Rainbow Towers
Here’s a fun way to work on building fine motor skills!
Children use their fingertips to roll Play-Doh into small balls and place them on their corresponding colors. Then, they will squish a pipe cleaner into the Play-Doh from one color to the next.
To challenge your little one, include an additional step such as adding beads to the pipe cleaner as you can see for the purple pipe cleaner.
Just a Dot, Not a Lot
Strengthen the hands, improve graded control, and develop the hand arches with this activity!
Pokemon Walks
Move your body and strengthen the upper/lower body and core with this fun pokemon scavenger hunt. Walk like an animal or a pokemon to find each hidden pokemon.
Pokemon Circle Cutting
Practice cutting circles by cutting out each pokemon ball. Children will then draw their favorite pokemon on the back of each cutout.