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Activities, adult, bimanual, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, hand strengthening, teenage, tween - middle school

Theraputty and money

I am going to try something new. Along wifh my weekly activity posts, I am going to do some simple spur of the moment, here is what we are doing today type of posts. So in that spirit, here is one thing we are doing today. Finding money…

Activities, adult, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, hand strengthening, OT, tween - middle school

Tongs, Tweezers, Clothespins, Pinch clips

Therapists often recommend the use of tongs to pick up small objects and work on fine motor skills. The long tongs are useful for kids who use a gross grasp and you are trying to get them to use their fingers only. If a client already uses their…

Activities, activity printable, adult, bimanual, child, Craft, Craft, elementary school age, fine-motor, folding template, Free Printable, Handwriting, in-hand manipulation, Materials, Motor Planning, OT, Paper, pencil template, Printable, scissor cutting, Scissor Cutting, Shapes, spring, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Paper folded flowers

I like to work on many skills within the same activity, and these folded flowers definitely do that. I discovered these via pinterest, and they are originally on Whimsical World of Laura Bird. I often have kids that need to work on…

Activities, adult, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, multi matrix game, OT, Product Review, sensory motor, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Multi-Matrix Game

I originally heard about the Multi-Matrix game when I took a class on handwriting and the instructor showed us how to play it. The game was created by a Developmental Optometrist in San Diego, and it works on visual perception and visual processing…

Activities, adult, child, Clothespin Activities, Crossing Midline, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, hand strengthening, Handwriting, OT, scissor cutting, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Mancala played with pom poms

I wanted to play a game with a student that would use spring clips in order to work on finger strengthening. I got little pom poms at michael’s (a craft store), and we played the game of Mancala . Her hands were quite tired by the…

Activities, adult, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, hand strengthening, OT, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Coloring at a higher level

Coloring pictures is good for hand strengthening, and visual motor skills. I have some coloring pages that will challenge anyone’s fine motor skills and visual motor/visual-perceptual skills. These are called altair designs, and I have a book…

Activities, adult, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, OT, Product Review, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Sequence

I have never played the Sequence Game until last weekend. It has some fine motor aspects to it, but I think that the biggest challenge is visual perceptual. You draw cards and have to find the matching card on the game board and put a chip…

Activities, adult, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, in-hand manipulation, OT, Product Review, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Mancala

Where has this game been all my life. Actually, I played this game as a kid, and I have played it as therapy in the past, but I just re-discovered it as a therapy activity. It is a perfect game for in hand manipulation skills or for…

adult, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, OT, Product Review, teenage, tween - middle school, visual perceptual

Blokus

I really want to pronounce this game Bloke-us, but I think that it is pronounced Block-us. Anyway, to the game. I bet everyone else has heard of and played this game before, so what rock have I been hiding under. This game is awesome for…