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Search and Find Fine Motor

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 15 May 2017 12:45:22 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Everyone has those days where you just need to pull an activity out of your bag that is simple and requires no extra preparation. I have quite a few of those types of activities lurking at the bottom of my bag, and a favorite is the alphabet search. It combines...

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I Love Using Color Pop

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:03:45 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love using the color pop game in therapy. Ever since I created it, it has become my go to for many therapy sessions because it is so basic, and can be so easily modified to work on so many different areas that I want to address. Since I use...

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Color Pop Game For Fine Motor and Writing

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:00:27 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.The color pop game is a great game that incorporates quite a few skills within one game. Some of the skills used in the game are fine motor, visual scanning, writing, counting, and finding coordinates on a chart. I use either colored porcupine balls or different colored pom poms as...

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Chopsticks

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:08:30 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Mature and refined grasp patterns, as well as in hand manipulation, require use of the small finger muscles, and they use the two sides of the hands separately. It can be challenging learning how to coordinate the pinky finger side of the hand separately from the index finger side of...

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20 + Small Manipulatives for Fine Motor

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 08:00:05 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.When looking in my therapy bag, there are a few things that I always have with me. For higher level fine motor work, I always like to have small little manipulatives and some Training Chopsticks. I have posted about these items before, but they really are a great go to...

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Fun this week with tennis ball mouths

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Just a glimpse of the fun had this week with tennis ball heads. I have another post about the tennis ball heads that turn into vampires.

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Scatterpillar Scramble: A Fun Game for fine motor skills

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.It is always fun to find a fine motor games that work on so many great Occupational Therapy skills, and Scatterpillar Scramble is one of those games. The Caterpillar is standing up tall, and each of his legs has a little cup at the end of them to hold a...

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Guest Post: Conversation Heart Bingo

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:57:07 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Here is an easy bingo game for some Valentine’s Day fine motor fun. This activity was submitted by Barbara Bailey. Make the dice by fastening corresponding colors to a wooden or foam cube. To play the game, pour candy hearts into a paper plate. Each player roles the dice and...

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iPad Chopsticks

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.It is no secret that I have an affinity for using chopsticks to work on developing high level fine motor control, and I figured out a way to use them with the iPad. I was playing a game on the iPad that requires pinching your fingers together, and my finger...

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Using tiny toys (Zinkies) as fine motor manipulatives

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love tiny toys to use when working on fine motor skills, and the cuter the better. Even better is when they come with little places to put the toys. For example, this little train play set , which are smaller than Squinkies, came with a little train to put...

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Interview/podcast about early intervention

Therapy Fun Zone — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:18:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I recently did an interview with Maritsa over at Raising Playful Tots, and it has just been posted. The interview lasts about 50 minutes, and is worth the listen. Maritsa had some great questions that were fun to answer, and some that were hard to answer. Go check out the...

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Sentence Memory With Chopsticks

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have been doing this sentence memory activity periodically with a small group of kids. I decided to do it again and add the challenge of chopsticks along with the sentences. To summarize, I have the sentences typed on a piece of paper, and the words on pieces of foam...

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