Last week I posted about Cutie Pie having a little difficulty with his writing. Today I thought I’d share a section of a basic list of fine motor activities that Occupational Therapy sent home for us to work on for a month to work on coordination, concentration.
Please remember, these aren’t something I am taking credit for, rather something I’m sharing as I’ve seen it has been beneficial for Cutie Pie, age 6, who is having a little difficulty with writing with his left hand, although they aren’t necessarily for left handers.
These are also great activities for younger children developing pre-writing skills!
- Play with play dough – cut, squeeze, use cookie cutters, squish an object inside to be found
- Pinch and pop bubble wrap – great pincer grasp work!
- Use of eye droppers – with water or other crafts
- LEGO play
- String beads
- Cut paper
- Use tweezers to pick up objects, or play games like Operation
- Practice zippers and buttons, snaps and shoe tying
- Squeeze water out of squirt bottles (water plants or clean the driveway this way)
- Stickers
- Tearing paper for crafts – my 4 year old loves this!
There are lots of ways you can make these activities more interesting if your child already does fine motor work like this often, however I think most kids just like doing these simple tasks without mixing it up.
If you’d like something different because you’re bored (hey, we’ve all been there doing the same thing over and over with our kiddos), look for resources on the internet. Simply look up “fine motor” and you’ll get a lot of results, make that a ton of ideas! You can also add an age in there, or a school term like preschool or early elementary to get more refined results.
I will share some of the activities Cutie Pie is partial to later this week.
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