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Sensory Pre-Handwriting Activity Rice Table
Getting kids to learn to write (or want to practice handwriting skills) can be a tricky task. It’s important to start off younger kids on a positive foot when it comes to handwriting practice. What child wants to trace slant after slant or letter after letter on a worksheet? This sensory pre-handwriting activity is great…
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Easy Eye-Hand Coordination Activities Using Paper
Here, you’ll fine easy eye hand coordination activities using paper. Paper is something that most parents, teachers, and therapists have easy access to. It’s usually pretty plentiful even if it is sourced from the recycling bin. Whether it’s a roll of easel paper, a packet of construction paper, or yesterday’s newspaper, most of us…
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Fine Motor Spinning Tops
These little DIY spinning tops were a big hit in our house. These are a different way to work on a few fine motor skills needed for use in functional grasp patterns. The best thing about these tops is the price. It takes just a few pennies and some recycled bottle tops to make a…
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Bilateral Coordination Activity with Hearts
This Valentine’s Day bilateral coordination activity uses a vivid salt tray in a way that encourages coordination of both hands together in a visual motor integration task. A fun heart themed activity is a great addition to an occupational therapy Valentine’s Day plan. Use this and other bilateral coordination activities in the home, classroom, or therapy…
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Handwriting Activity for Direction Change in Letter Formation
This handwriting activity is perfect for kids who are working on letter formation when writing. Specifically, it’s an easy handwriting activity and an exercise in direction change that is necessary for letters with angles (A, K, M, N, R, V, W, Y) that require the child to use precision of pencil control. We used foam…
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Easy Handwriting Activities
Recently, I shared a 30 day series on handwriting. I love coming up with easy creative ideas that build the underlying development of skills so much that I wanted to create a weekly series on easy handwriting activities. These are creative activities that can be used with every day toys, tools, and strategies that will improve…
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5 Easy Ways to Work on Visual Perception with Markers
If you have kids in your house, you probably have a pack of markers. Kids love markers! Here are a few ways to develop visual perceptual skills with markers. Using a common item like regular old markers makes addressing visual perception and the skills needed for handwriting easy and frugal. Most parents know that addressing…
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Cute Lantern Crafts for Kids
These lantern crafts are not only cute, they are easy to make. Sometimes you need a go-to place for crafty ideas when the kids are itching to make crafts, and this list of lantern crafts is it! Gather up the art supplies, grab the kid-friendly scissors and get ready to craft with the kids! …
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Jingle Bell Marble Run Visual Tracking Activity
This Christmas activity was one that happened by accident. We were playing with our marble run one day recently when the kids started rolling jingle bells across the floor. Before we knew it, jingle bells were making their way down the marble run. It may have been a certain preschooler who thought, “Hmmmm. I wonder…
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Fine Motor Lantern Craft
I love to find creative ways to sneak in the fine motor strengthening. This fine motor lantern craft is one of those activities. These easy hole punch lanterns are a creative way for kids to craft this season and all year long. They look great on a mantle or window sill or would be the…
