﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Search for Occupational Therapy activity ideas by skills and materials | OTPlan</title><link>http://www.otplan.com</link><description>We match the skills you want to work on, with the materials you have, to a detailed treatment activity that will help you strengthen certain skills. Each activity details the purpose, materials needed, process, rating for the activity, and comments by people just like you.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2010, OTPlan, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/rainbow-fish.aspx#comments</comments><title>Rainbow Fish</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/rainbow-fish.aspx</link><description>The activity promotes visual motor skills and fine motor skills as the child uses scissors and a paint brush (or any other coloring utensils).</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/melting-rainbow.aspx#comments</comments><title>Melting Rainbow</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/melting-rainbow.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes fine motor control and strengthens the small muscles of the child's hand.</description><category>Crossing Midline</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/hearts-and-oval-butterfly.aspx#comments</comments><title>Hearts and Oval Butterfly</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/hearts-and-oval-butterfly.aspx</link><description>This is a fun activity for the spring, or any time of the year. The child is working on strengthening his fine motor integration skills by drawing shapes and on his cutting skills. Coloring the butterfly, decorating it, and twisting the pipe cleaners, is good for working on fine motor control and manual dexterity skills.</description><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Pre-writing</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/push-ins.aspx#comments</comments><title>Push Ins</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/push-ins.aspx</link><description>This activity is good for hand strengthening as the child separates the clothespins from the cardboard discs and pushes the items through a narrow slit. In addition, the child also works on his pincer grasp and pre-cutting skills. </description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/winter-snowflakes.aspx#comments</comments><title>Winter Snowflakes</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/winter-snowflakes.aspx</link><description>This activity provides the child with the opportunity to draw different shapes and practice his cutting skills.</description><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/touch-and-match.aspx#comments</comments><title>Touch and Match</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/touch-and-match.aspx</link><description>This activity provides the child with tactile input as he  digs in the selected media to find matching objects. The goal is to have the child use an appropriate grasp while pulling the object out.</description><category>Grasp</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tactile Perception</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/yarn-painting.aspx#comments</comments><title>Yarn Painting</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/yarn-painting.aspx</link><description>This is a fun activity that helps to promote fine motor skills, such as cutting and grasping. It also provides the child with tactile input.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/fall-trees.aspx#comments</comments><title>Fall Trees</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/fall-trees.aspx</link><description>This is a fun and creative activity that works on tolerating tactile input and finger isolation.</description><category>Finger Isolation</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/matching-color-cups.aspx#comments</comments><title>Matching Color Cups</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/matching-color-cups.aspx</link><description>Work on forearm pronation, supination and grasp</description><category>Forearm Pronation</category><category>Forearm Supination</category><category>Grasp</category><category>Proprioception </category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/dot-dot-paint.aspx#comments</comments><title>Dot Dot Paint</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/dot-dot-paint.aspx</link><description>Develop your child's fine motor skills and strengthen grasp and manual control.</description><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/colorful-bookmark.aspx#comments</comments><title>Colorful Bookmark</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/colorful-bookmark.aspx</link><description>In this activity the child will work on developing his fine motor skills through drawing, cutting, and pasting stickers as he creates a colorful bookmark.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/snack-time.aspx#comments</comments><title>Snack Time</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/snack-time.aspx</link><description>This activity assists in improving the child's functional performance with snack preparation and encourages self feeding.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Sequencing</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/sensory-salad.aspx#comments</comments><title>Sensory Salad</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/sensory-salad.aspx</link><description>In this activity the child gets to use his imagination as he works on promoting his fine motor skills and his ability to process tactile input. This is a fun activity to do in a small group for social interaction and promotion of language.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Social Interaction</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/textured-paper-painting.aspx#comments</comments><title>Textured Paper Painting</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/textured-paper-painting.aspx</link><description>This activity allows the child to create a unique paper texture. The goal is to promote the child's fine motor skills and control by utilizing both hands, cutting, and painting. The use of finger paint allows the child to work on processing tactile input.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Pre-writing</category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Tactile Perception</category><category>Tripod Grasp</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tactile-paint.aspx#comments</comments><title>Tactile Paint</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tactile-paint.aspx</link><description>This activity promotes the child visual motor skills and improves finger isolation. In addition, the child also works on processing of tactile input as he moves his fingers along the paint.</description><category>Finger Isolation</category><category>Pre-writing</category><category>Sensory Processing</category><category>Visual Motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/recycled-jug-catcher.aspx#comments</comments><title>Recycled Jug Catcher</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/recycled-jug-catcher.aspx</link><description>In this activity, the child will practice his eye-hand coordination skills in addition to developing his fine motor skills.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Hand Arches/Separation</category><category>Motor Planning</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Visual Perception</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tactile-cotton-sheep.aspx#comments</comments><title>Tactile Cotton Sheep</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tactile-cotton-sheep.aspx</link><description>In this creative activity the child has the opportunity to practice his cutting skills and pincer grasp. The soft cotton balls provide tactile input.</description><category>Cutting</category><category>Eye-Hand Coordination</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tactile Perception</category><category>Visual-motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tactile-bowl.aspx#comments</comments><title>Tactile Bowl</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/tactile-bowl.aspx</link><description>This fun and sticky activity is great for the development of the child's tactile skills. Together with an adult's help, the child can create a colorful bowl and practice cutting skills and pincer grasp as well. </description><category>Cutting</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Tactile Perception</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/cut-me-a-tree.aspx#comments</comments><title>Cut Me a Tree</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/cut-me-a-tree.aspx</link><description>This activity involves tracing and cutting, and is great for the development of visual motor skills.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Crossing Midline</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Fine Motor Control</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Visual Perception</category><category>Visual-motor</category></item><item><comments>http://www.otplan.com/plans/rainbow-of-skills.aspx#comments</comments><title>Rainbow of Skills</title><link>http://www.otplan.com/plans/rainbow-of-skills.aspx</link><description>This is a fun activity that promotes the child's fine motor skills and works mainly on bilateral use of hands and pincer grasp as the child tears the construction paper into small pieces.</description><category>Bilateral Hand Use</category><category>Cutting</category><category>Finger Strength</category><category>Hand Dexterity</category><category>Pincer Grasp</category><category>Sequencing</category></item></channel></rss>