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Activities, bimanual, child, elementary school age, fine-motor, games, hand strengthening, in-hand manipulation, Munchy Ball, OT, preschool, Sensory, sensory motor, tween - middle school

Messy Play and Fine Motor with Munchy Ball

Now that I have the new vinyl Munchy Balls, I was eager to use them in messy play. I started simple with water beads, which are the perfect size to feed to the Munchy Ball. It was fun to fill the ball up all the way and then have the ball…

Activities, child, Craft, elementary school age, fine-motor, Food, OT, Paint, preschool, Reach and grasp, Sensory, sensory motor, toddler

Spaghetti Painting for Sensory Problems

I have a few kids that I see who do not like food. I like to use food as a play tool in order to help make food their friend because they need to accept being around food, so using spaghetti noodles as a painting tool is a fun activity. Some…

child, elementary school age, OT, preschool, Sensory

Messy Play

I found an awesome blog post about how important it is to get messy when playing. A child's body learns from the whole experience of being tactile and feeling their environment and the experience that what they are working with gets all over…

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