Fine Motor
Tong Activities
Skills Addressed: Eye-hand coordination, bilateral coordination, grasp development, fine motor control, color recognition, concentration, visual perception
How to adapt: Varying sizes of items to pick up, variety of tongs (toaster, strawberry huller, etc.), using dice for color and/or number identification, placing in containers with varying sizes of openings
Stringing Beads
Skills Addressed: Eye-hand coordination, bilateral coordination, grasp development, fine motor control, color recognition, concentration, visual perception
How to adapt: Use a variety of sized beads, use thicker string or a pipe cleaner, create patterns with colors/shapes
Stringing Beads 1
Skills Addressed: Visual motor skills, eye-hand coordination skills, bilateral coordination skills, pincer grasp development
How to adapt: Use a variety of strings (i.e. pipe cleaner, leather lace, shoe lace, yarn, thin string), use different sized and textured beads, practice patterns of beads (i.e. color, size, etc.), change child position (sit on floor, sit in chair at table, tall kneel on floor)
Stacking Blocks
Skills Addressed: Pincer grasp development, controlled fine motor movements, eye-hand coordination
How to adapt: Using different sized blocks, legos, bristle blocks, tinker toys, foam blocks, Lincoln Logs, and Magna Tiles
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