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Fine motor skills are generally referred to as the coordination of small muscle movements in the hands, wrists, and fingers. From eating to writing your name to zipping your jacket, fine motor skills are important skills for a student's daily life.
Fine motor skills are generally referred to as the coordination of small muscle movements in the hands, wrists, and fingers. From eating to writing your name to zipping your jacket, fine motor skills are important skills for a student's daily life.
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In Hand Manipulation Skills
In Hand Manipulation Skills
inhand.pdf
fine motor activities home and school.doc
Poke-Pictures-Free-Sample-Page.pdf
Shoulder Stability & Core Strength
Shoulder Stability & Core Strength
Strong Shoulders and Core are Important!
Strong Shoulders and Core are Important!
The correct movement and placement of the hand is dependent on the stability of the shoulders and core of the body.
Activities:
Working at a vertical surface – whiteboard, tic-tac-toe, hangman, patterns and lazy 8‛s, painting on large paper.
Sitting press-ups – hold the edges of the chair (2 hands) and push self up/ down.
Standing press-downs – on able and take weight onto 2 flat hands.
Wall press-ups.
Hand squeezes – place hands together palm to palm and press together as hard as you can for the count of 10 and repeat 5 times
Hanging out washing or pegging work on number/ alphabet line.
Working on all 4‛s
Push and pulling activities e.g. tug-o-war, palm to palm push with partner.
Carrying shopping bags or ‘heavy‛ book boxes.
Play ground art with chalk.
Aerobic exercises – star jumps, windmills (turning arms at shoulders)
Play ground equipment – monkey bars, climbing frames, ropes, see- saws, swings, rope rigging.
Using dance streamers or cheerleaders pom-poms
Keeping a balloon up in the air above head height
Racket games that involve swinging the arms to hit a ball
Twirling a skipping rope.
Throwing / catching a large ball 18. Pouring water/sand between containers to fill them up
Stretchy toys that can be pulled apart.
Crab walks and other animal walks
Scissor Skills
Scissor Skills
Scissor Tips:
Encourage your child to keep both thumbs in up when cutting. That is, the thumb on the scissor hand and the thumb on the hand that is holding the paper or object should both be facing upward, toward the ceiling.
If your child lifts their elbow or positions arms oddly, have your child rest elbows on stable surface (table, floor), in their lap, or have them hold their upper arm against their body.
Cutting on materials that are stiff and thick are easier to cut than thin flimsy materials. For example, it is easier to snip a plastic straw than a string. Card stock or construction paper is easier to cut then thin tissue paper or regular paper.
If your child is struggling keeping their thumb in the up position place a sticker or draw a smiley face on their thumb nail as a reminder.
Snipping Practice:
Licorice laces or Twizzlers: glue on paper to make a picture
Plastic straws: then string up the pieces to make a necklace
Styrofoam packing peanuts
play doh and putty
string cheese
hot dogs, french fries
dandelion (or other flower) stems and leaves
short strips of paper to make paper chains
edges of paper plates, styrofoam plates and cups
edges of index cards
Cutting straight lines
place 2 rows of stickers or dots on a card or paper; practice cutting in between the rows
draw a wide lines (1/8 to 1/4 inch thick) to cut short strips of paper to make
paper chains
cut up junk mail in strips
cut along straight lines to cut out coupons
Cutting shapes
circles: cut out the inside circle of a paper plate or along the edge
draw triangles, circles and squares on small squares of paper (card stock or index cards are best) that are only slightly larger then the shape (see below); It's easier at first for the child to cut off corners or edges to learn how to cut out the shape.
Complex cutting
cut up magazine or catalog pictures to make puzzles or collages
cut up used greeting cards to make a collage
fun projects: snowflakes (using folded paper), paper airplanes, paper chains
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