Activity Name
Finger Paint
Materials
Paper Plate, Finger Paint, Construction Paper
Skills
Purpose
This activity assists with thumb opposition and with developing the arches of the hand. In addition, this activity addresses sensory processing as it provides tactile input.
Description
For this activity you should use 5 different colors of finger paint.
Pour the different finger paint colors into the paper plate. Ask the child to dip each finger in each one of the colors (provide help as needed). Draw a pattern on the construction paper (i.e. blue dot, green dot, red dot, blue dot, green cot, red dot, etc.) and ask the child to follow your pattern using the paint on his/her fingers.
You can also have the child "create new colors" by touching his/her thumb with any other finger (i.e. thumb to pointer, thumb to middle finger, and so on) to work on thumb opposition.