Motor Control With Magnet Paths

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A fun activity that we did at a Zaner Bloser workshop that I went to while at the OTAC spring fling, were these pages with paths on them. You place a metal piece on the path (I used a metal nut) with a magnet underneath. Then you move the magnet to make your piece follow… [Continue Reading]

App review: Ready to Print

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I got a chance to try out the app Ready to Print over the weekend.  This app just recently came out, and I have wanted to try it out, but sadly, I do not own an iPad.  I hope to remedy that fact as soon as I have some money saved up for it, but… [Continue Reading]

Writing Charms re-visited

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I have been using my writing charms to get kids to work on stabilizing their hand when writing, and I wanted them to hold something a bit bigger than the cap erasers that I had on the original writing charms.  I came across this cool stretchy string, and attached it to a squishy toy ,… [Continue Reading]

Angry Birds Toss Game

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Throwing bean bags into a container is great for visual motor control, and even better when you have to aim at a specific target, such as toss across or similar game. I ran across these angry birds dog toys at walmart, and they are the perfect size for throwing at a target. I made a… [Continue Reading]

Winners of the giveaways

We have winners of the four give-aways. The first winner is Pennie for the Take Ten Book. a Rafflecopter giveaway The next winner is Natalie Abkarian for the Kbeu Dad a Rafflecopter giveaway Shannon Galindo won the Kbeu mom pillow. a Rafflecopter giveaway And Kelly Poje won the Just Take a Bite book a Rafflecopter… [Continue Reading]

Cardboard Marble Maze

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Here is a low tech visual perceptual marble maze made out of a cardboard box and some straws. This one is fairly simple, but it can be useful for those who have trouble with motor coordination as well as visual perception. I used a cardboard box and some large “Smoothie Straws”. I glued the straws… [Continue Reading]