Pre-Graphomotor Skills Activities for Students with Special Needs Who Need to Improve Visual Attention to Graphomotor Activities I had a chat with a very sweet Mom yesterday, who has a child who is at the pre-graphomotor level. He has some nice skills it seems,...
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FREEBIE! Creative Idea for Draw a Person Practice! This is a wonderful idea that we use at The Handwriting Clinic to practice a “Draw a Person”. It is a FREEBIE in The Fine Motor Store!...
Why Hold Tongs Correctly? Tongs are such a GREAT way to work on the separation of the 2 sides of the hand (radial manipulation - thumb, index and long finger and ulnar stabilization = 4th and 5th fingers). They are a FUN way to work on pencil grip and readiness...
Differentiated Craft - Sheep Do you need an art project or craft that is easy and simple, yet works on fine motor skills? I LOVE these sponge sticks from Discount School Supply! Here is the link for the sponge sticks: ...
FREE Tongs Activities and How to Hold Tongs Video! Make your own Pencil Pox Activities with Tongs! Use the centimeter cubes from www.eaieducation.com. Bamboo tongs from Pampered Chef are my favorite! Holding tongs correctly is important....
Differentiated Fine Motor Skills Activity I was needing a pre-graphomotor activity for a child with poof fine motor skills and visual attention. She did not visually attend to coloring for more than a few seconds, but she did like paint! I just cut out yellow...
Apple Fine Motor Lab Ideas for September These apple labs are perfect for fine motor and writing centers in September! Read below to see what fine motor skills the labs work on. You can set up your own creative labs with the container labels. We put the labs on...
What is my absolute favorite fine motor activity? Pokey Dots! We put a TIP grip on a corn cob holder (one prong cut off) and poke away! This works so well on promoting a tripod grasp. It also works on strengthening the flexor pollicus longus muscle. What is that?!...
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I am Jan McCleskey creator of the Fine Motor Store and owner of The Handwriting Clinic