Tree House Kids is a fun-filled, outdoor activity to encourage fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills. Want more activities like this? Motor Magic – Turning Fine Motor Skills into Gross Motor Skills.
Complete the Picture: Materials: picture, scissors, glue stick, markers or crayonsPurpose: Encourage fine motor and visual perceptual skills Check out What’s Missing? for more fine motor and visual perceptual activities. Only $3.99!
I came across two great articles written by Rachel Rudman,OTR/L to hand out to preschool teachers. The first one is entitled A Preschool Teachers Back to Basic Guide to Hand and Fine Motor Skill Development. This article is also appropriate to distribute to parents of babies and young children. It explains the importance of tummy […]
This is a great activity to encourage fine motor skills, tactile input and creativity. The big bonus – can be simple or very complex so it works well with kids of varying abilities. Here are the full directions for Fabric Creations. Give this one a try!
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New government advice in the United Kingdom recommends that boys as young as three years old need to write and draw more. This is an attempt to close the gender gap between boys and girls when it comes to writing. This is absurd in my opinion. I predict that instead of improved penmanship the boys […]
The Art Zone is a website that offers free online tools to create amazing artwork. It is maintained by the National Gallery of Art in Washington. This is fun for all ages. If you work with any children who use a computer instead of pen and paper, this would be a great modification to use […]
Are parents asking you for gift ideas for the holidays? Maybe you want to give your child’s teacher a special gift for the classroom? Why not try creating your own gifts to give. Just like the craft stores sell all of those kits to create anything that you can think of, how about create some […]
It is well known that children with autism and certain other disabilities benefit greatly from the use of visual supports throughout the day. Visual supports can be pictures, objects, written words, body language and cues. Some children use visual supports as a primary means of communication in the classroom and home. If this is a […]