Fingerprint Animals

Materials Needed:

• paper

• transparent tape

• pencils

• thin dry erase markers

Directions:

• color a small area of paper (2" squares) with a pencil

• cover the entire area completely

• rub your fingertip on the dark pencil spot

• press your fingertip onto the sticky side of the tape, leaving a print

• put the tape on a clean piece of paper

• with a colored marker, draw eyes, ears, legs, and any other animal body parts

Goal:

• finger isolation

• tripod grasp

• open web space

Modifications:

• encourage the students to use each finger at least once

• proper pencil/marker grasp

• adapted grip can be used for proper grasp