Can you set the record to be the fastest? Try this challenge from the Set the Record packet. Download it here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/setrecordfreebie.html The Set the Record packet challenges fine motor, gross motor, oral motor and visual motor skills with a fun game! This packet is great for small spaces, individual children or a group. Find […]
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 […]
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
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 are 4 free last minute printables for OT and PT to help celebrate Valentine’s Day. 1. Valentine’s Day Brain Break 2. Conversation Heart Clothes Pins 3. Multisensory Handwriting Freebie – Valentine’s Day 4. Valentine Pencil Critters to cut, fold and create. Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!!!!
Print out the matching bean boards and read the directions to create this fine motor, visual perceptual and graded muscle control challenge. Modifications included to add in physical activity to the task. You can read about it and download the matching boards for free at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freebeans.html
Watch the video on how to create this visual memory and fine motor box at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/videovisualmemory.html.
Here are 10 simple and easy fine motor and visual motor activities using paper clips. You can watch the video over at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/videopaperclips.html
Flower Fine Motor Activity for Fall Here is a fun flower activity for Fall. Write the child’s name, a shape or a pattern. Pick some Fall flowers. We used mums. Have the child squeeze some glue onto the first letter and spread it around. Use scissors to cut the petals or pull the petals off […]
Letter Hunt Freebie Download the letter Bb hunt to find 13 upper case and 13 lower case letters. You can circle the letters, place stickers over the letters, use dot markers or color in the picture. Head over to https://www.yourtherapysource.com/letterhuntfreebie to download the letter Bb hunt.