Activities | bimanual | child | elementary school age | fine-motor | Handwriting | Motor Planning | OT | visual perceptual
Motor Control With Magnet Paths
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
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Tonya is a pediatric Occupational Therapist, and loves creating things to work on skills and solve problems.
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What a simple, but great idea! I bet this would be so fun.