Motor Control With Magnet Paths

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A fun activity that we did at a Zaner Bloser workshop that I went to while at the OTAC spring fling, were these pages with paths on them. You place a metal piece on the path (I used a metal nut) with a magnet underneath. Then you move the magnet to make your piece follow the path.

I thought that I would try this out with the pencil adventures, and it works perfectly. The ones I am using have been laminated
so they are a little stiff.

It takes some thought and motor planning to move your hand in the right direction when your hand is hidden under the paper.

Materials:

• Paper path (laminated) Here is the free pdf one.
• Magnet
• Metal piece

Skills:

• Fine motor
• Motor planning
• Visual motor