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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
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 |