Do you need a valentine game printable that is free? Then look no further! This whimsical and FUN printable encourages children to use their fine motor skills to fill up the bunny. How to Play the Bunny Valentine Game Printable Directions for the Bunny Valentine Game Printable: The Bunny Valentine Game Printable encourages: This bunny fine motor valentine game […]
Penguin Fine Motor Activity – Free Printable Activity Pages There has been a lot of press lately about children entering school lacking fine motor skills. Occupational therapists and other professionals speculate that it is from a lack of fine motor skill practice and increased screen time for young children. The huge problem with this decrease in […]
I am so excited about this new download, Visual Perceptual Clothes Pin Games, that combines visual perceptual skills, hand strengthening and play skills. The first game is the Dinosaur Shadow Game. It includes four different dinosaurs to pin your clothes pins on if your dinosaur matches the shadow on the board game. The next game […]
After seeing this craft over at Toddler Approved, I figured this would be perfect for little fingers to work on scissor skills, shape identification and simple drawing skills. We started out by cutting out a circle and some colorful shapes from construction paper. We glued the shapes into the white circle. Next, cut out a […]
Need some last minute Halloween activities? Here are 12 free printable activities: 1. 4 Pages from Halloween Handwriting Activities at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/files/Halloween_free_sample.pdf 2. Halloween Clothes Pin Mat at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freehalloweenmat.html 3. Pumpkin Patch Fine Motor Game at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freepumpkinpatch.html 4. Jack O Lantern Challenge Maze at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freejackolanternmaze.html 5. Copy the Clay Monsters at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freeclaymonster.html 6. Halloween Handwriting Hunt at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/hwhuntshalloweenfree.html 7. Halloween Door Hanger […]
Here are three different ideas using the same materials to encourage fine motor skills. To find out how to make the activities go to Your Therapy Source at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freeflowers
I am not sure why but I just LOVE colored dot stickers. They are cheap and versatile for all sorts of activities that combine movement with learning. Here is my latest idea using these awesome stickers: 1. Write some numbers on colored dot stickers. For this example, I wrote the numbers 1-4 twice. Draw matching […]
Ingrid King, OT, has written research on a collaborative fine motor program for 5 year old children in New Zealand. A two phased mixed method design was utilized with 19 students in a 5 year old classroom (none of the students were receiving occupational therapy nor had a diagnosis). To measure changes in fine motor […]
Here is a simple fine motor and visual perceptual toy to create. Using a small juice bottle, place velcro dots all around the bottle. Use fun foam shapes with velcro dots and place them on the bottle. Glue matching fun foam shapes to a piece of cardboard. Have the child pull off each velcro fun […]
After seeing these Air Misters from Target over at Play Counts, I knew they would be lots of fun. For only $2.50 these Air Misters are available at Target in the dollar section. Basically you fill the air mister with water, pump it to increase the pressure then press the button to gently mist the […]