Ideas

  • Ideas to help increase fine motor skills: 

    -   Bounce and catch a small rubber ball


    -   Squish a soft ball


    -   Let your child be your own personal shredder and have them rip and tear paper


    -   Have your child snip a pile of scrap paper with scissors or let them clip your coupons


    -  Move magnets around the fridge


    -  Pinch clothespins


    -  Play connect four, Jacks, Pick up Sticks, Lite Brite, Uno, Hungry Hippos, Kerplunk


    -  Eat with chopsticks


    -   Use a squirt bottle to water plants,or decorate the driveway. Colored water looks great on the snow


    -   Use a hole punch to make a design on a piece of construction paper


    -   Paper basketball- have you child rip small pieces of paper, crumple into a ball and throw into a cup or basket.


    -   Play with bubble wrap


    -   Draw with broken crayons on different mediums- construction paper, sand paper, cardboard


    -   Bake something yummy- have your child assist with stirring, scooping, rolling, kneading.


    -   Lay over a pillow to color or complete a puzzle, color on an easel.


    -   Tongs: - pick up pompoms and put in the back of a dump truck. Once the truck   is filled dump them out and start over again.


    -  Stickers: taking them off and decorate a paper, make a card

    -  Sand/ garden play: dig with a shovel, scoop dirt/ sand into a bucket.

    - Spray bottle: water the plants; clean the kitchen table, bathtub play