Home activities for grasp and fine motor skills

Therapy is great, but skills won't be permanently changed with a few sessions of OT per day.  Work some of these activities into your routine for good fine motor and pre-writing skills.  These activities are appropriate for 3-5 year olds.  These activities can be used for older children working on fine motor skills.

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Spelling Test lined paper

I created this file so that teachers could adapt writing paper for spelling tests.  The file includes instructions on how to change the length of the word.

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Cut, Rip, Crumple, and Throw

This is one of my favorite activities to do with students.  People forget how hard ripping can be.  It is a GREAT fine motor tasks.  I also love how this activity gets kids to use the tips of their fingers and strengthen the in-hand muscles.

Lower Case Practice

I have noticed that many students have not achieved automaticity with their handwriting.  This greatly affect handwriting speed and thought generation.  I have seen many older students (2nd and 3rd graders) struggle with writing a sentence because they loose their train of thought half way through the sentence.

I am working more rhythm and timing tasks into my practice to help increase processing speed.  In addition, students need to be able to recall the image and motor plan of a letter without a visual cue.  I developed these worksheets for this purpose.

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Hope you like it.