Activities to Strengthen
Small Muscle Coordination
and  Handwriting

Toys:

Silly Putty
checkers
tiddly winks
Legos
marbles
pick-up sticks
tinker toys
play dough
Lite Brite
Wikki Stix
connect the dot puzzles 
mazes

Everyday Activities

Play the piano
Type
Knead dough
Shuffle cards, deal cards one by one, turn cards over
Use buttons, zippers, hooks, safety pins, stapler, keys, hinged clothespins, paper clips, etc.
Tie shoelaces
Cut with scissors

Just for practice:

Pop plastic bubble wrap  with  index finger and thumb only
Use (tongs, tweezers, strawberry pickers, spoons, etc.)  to transfer items (blocks, cotton balls, counters, etc.) between containers
Pick up and sort objects such as blocks, spools, coins, beans, marbles, cotton balls, pins, buttons, straws, nails, nuts, bolts, popcorn, etc. and place them into containers of varying sizes (i.e. egg cartons, cups, mugs, jars, etc.)
Stack objects (i.e. coins, cards, checkers, blocks, etc.)
Screw and unscrew objects such as nuts and bolts, caps from jars, etc.
Lace various sized beads
Put rubber bands around various size containers and objects

 

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