Here are some templates for fun activities to do with a pencil and paper.
Cootie Catchers re-visited because I love them
Cootie catchers are great fun for kids to play, and they lend themselves very well to the learning environment. I use them in order to have kids work on writing within small designated spaces, and they can be used to work on counting and review. I have re-vamped my cootie catcher templates to include some… [Continue Reading]
New Writing paper, “Mud Paper” to get letters stuck in the mud
Karen over at Miss Awesomeness uses Lava Paper that she thought up and that I made for her. I have tried the Lava Paper with some of my kids as well, but many of my students had trouble with the “complex” concept of Lava. I know lava is not truly that complex, but many of… [Continue Reading]
New Pencil Adventures with halloween, race car letters and more
I finally completed another set of pencil adventures. These have been partially done for ages, and I made a big push to finish them completely. There are 7 of them, and include: The Cafeteria, Hawaiian Vacation, Ski Vacation, Halloween Haunted House, and 3 pages of race tracks that include race track letters to follow. Since… [Continue Reading]
Hang Man for writing practice
I love to play hang man in therapy because it motivates kids, and they can practice writing their letters and focus on getting the letters on the line, and forming them properly. I usually just play on a blank piece of paper, but I thought that I would make a template that has the spaces… [Continue Reading]
In hand manipulation skills using broken crayons
I wanted to work on in-hand manipulation skills with some kids, and decided to use little pieces of broken off crayon. I had them hold two crayons at the same time, one in their palm, and one in their fingers. Then I had them draw a shape (I had circles and rainbows) with one color,… [Continue Reading]
Lava Worm Paper a la (B)e(LO)n(G) OT
Karen over at (B)e(LO)n(G) OT has been drawing Lava paper and using it to practice writing, so I made some for her in photoshop, and have been using it as well. Karen has a couple of posts about using her paper, and I use it in the same way. When writing, all the letters have… [Continue Reading]
Pencil Obstacle Course
Very frequently, I draw a path for kids to follow with their pencil. I often draw animals beside the path to make it fun and tell them they have to stay on the path so that the lion won’t get them. I have wanted to have some fun ready made ones, but they are hard… [Continue Reading]
Coloring at a higher level
Coloring pictures is good for hand strengthening, and visual motor skills. I have some coloring pages that will challenge anyone’s fine motor skills and visual motor/visual-perceptual skills. These are called altair designs, and I have a book that my mother gave me from when she was an art teacher. As you look at the designs,… [Continue Reading]
