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Paper Rainbow Mosaic
A simple activity that I did a few weeks ago is making a paper rainbow mosaic. I drew the rainbow template and cut it out. I then had my student trace around the curved rainbow lines and cut them out...
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Paper folded flowers
I like to work on many skills within the same activity, and these folded flowers definitely do that. I discovered these via pinterest, and they are originally on Whimsical World of Laura Bird. I often...
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Frog clothespin animal for finger strength
I saw a picture of wooden frog pieces glued onto a clothespin on pinterest, and I thought that it was a great idea, and that I needed to make one for kids to play with when working with Clothespins and...
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Tying Ribbon to Make a Spring Tree
I loved the activity that I did where the kids had to tie ribbon onto a stick to make a tree. The activity turned out beautiful, and it really targeted the tying skill, which is usually a pretty...
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Bugs In a Jar Craft
I started this craft thinking it would be so cute to cut out bugs and glue them onto a bug box like you caught the bugs. This morphed into a jar, because a jar is see through, and a bug box is not....
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Garden Bugs Fine Motor Game
I started working on a craft for cutting out bugs, and it morphed into a complete game that includes catching bugs and using clothespins to hold the bugs in the bug jar. I am thrilled with the little...
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Balancing Bugs on a Leaf for Fine Motor
Here is a cute little activity that combines in hand manipulation with fine motor control to place objects in just the right place. I made some leaves, printed them on cardstock, and laminated them to...
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Coloring and Cutting Heart Bugs and Caterpillars
Last year I made some really cute heart butterflies, and wanted to increase it by having other bugs to make too. They make cute little valentine love bugs. The bugs are very similar to the heart...
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Rainbow Puzzle game
I made a fun little game for spring with rainbows and words. I call it the rainbow puzzle game, and you can download it for free (you can also find it in the shops). You have to roll 3 dice first, a...
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Raindrops Clothespin Fine Motor Game
The raindrop clothespin game has a full game with game board, and it also has some simple clothespin matching activities. In both parts, you use clothespins to clip raindrops onto an umbrella. Here is...
View ArticleRecycled Egg Carton Garden Games
Pinching small objects is great for working on fine motor skills, so when I saw this cute carrot harvest idea on Powerful Mothering. I immediately thought it would be perfect for some of the kids that...
View ArticleEaster Egg Writing Lines
Easter is almost here so here is an Easter activity. It includes practice writing lines, coloring, cutting, and writing. You can choose a simple grouping of eggs to practice lines on and then color....
View ArticleFlower Writing Lines
Spring is here and it is time to brighten things up with flower activities. I created a craft to draw on the flower petals, cut them out, and then glue them onto a paper. The petals have light lines...
View ArticleClothespin Flower Game
It is time for spring and flowers, so how about a new clothespin game where you have to build the flower petal by petal and use the clothespin to hold the petals onto the flower. There are several...
View ArticleI Love Bugs in Activities
I love using bugs in my therapy activities, and the kids seem to like them too. We use them a lot in fine motor activities, and work in some larger muscle groups during our activities as well. Here...
View ArticleFlower Pollen Honeycomb Fine Motor
I was working with some kids the other day, and we were coloring flowers, working on holding the pencil in a good grasp, and getting some good strokes of the colored pencils, and one little guy was not...
View ArticleA Bunch of Bee Themed Activities
To work on pencil control, it really is great to do activities where you are having to control your pencil. For this I use pencil paths, pencil adventures, circles, and coloring. I really enjoyed...
View ArticleSeasons Button Tree
I have added another button activity to my arsenal of fun things to button. This one is a seasonal tree, so you can button on the different seasons. It includes white snow for winter, green for spring,...
View ArticleRainbow Fine Motor Activities with Q-tip Painting
It is fun to do rainbow activities as you can include color sorting and matching along with working on fine motor skills. I have done many different rainbow activities over the years, and have also...
View ArticleMake Button Flowers
Flowers make a great spring time activity, and there are so many ways to incorporate flowers into therapy to work on fine motor, visual motor, and coordination. I have many flower activities, such as...
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