- Play Where is Thumbkin
- Play with Playdough.
- Finger paint.
- Draw to music. Ask students to draw how they feel when they
listen to a specific style of music.
- Encourage students to play and build with blocks.
- Encourage students to do puzzles.
- Paint with sponges.
- Paint with eyedroppers.
- String beads to make a necklace.
- Cut out body parts from a magazine and build a funny person.
- Use children’s hammers to hammer golf tees into foam.
- Encourage the student to turn door knobs and open doors. If they have difficulty with this practice the turning motion using nesting toys, plastic nuts and bolts, unscrewing lids, etc.
- Give the student coins to place in a piggy bank.
- Play with pegs and pegboards.
- Turn wind up toys on.
- Practice putting paper clips on paper.
- Practice holding an object in the palm of your hand and moving it into a pincher grasp without using the other hand.
- Encourage students to use a tripod grasp when writing.
- Practice buttoning and unbuttoning.
- Do lacing activities.
- Teach students how to tie single and more complex knots.
- Practice lacing shoes.
- Deal a deck of cards.
- Teach students how to fold paper in half.
- Encourage students to hold a bowl with one hand/arm and stir with the other.
- Practice transferring materials with a spoon.
- Work on spreading with a knife, cutting with a fork, etc.
- Use tongs to transfer materials from one bowl to another.
- Hang up doll clothes with clothespins.
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