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Here's the list of all available activies:

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6 votes
Punch It
This activity helps in developing cutting skills.  [more...]
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2 votes
Ice Painting
This cold and fun activity helps in developing tripod grasp as well as sensory processing.  [more...]
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4 votes
Stencils
This activity helps to develop pre-writing skills.  [more...]
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2 votes
Pick the Toothpick
This activity promotes tripod grasp.  [more...]
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3 votes
Straw Necklaces
This activity promotes the development of the cutting skill. Letting the child cut an easy media such as straws is a great way to introduce and practice cutting.  [more...]
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2 votes
Hats for all
Develop cutting skills and visual motor skills.  [more...]
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3 votes
Drawing in the Sand
Practice imitating basic pre-writing shapes.  [more...]
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2 votes
Paper Chain
This activity helps the child practice cutting lines. Using glue as oppose to stapler promotes sensory processing.  [more...]
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4 votes
Crumbles
This activity is good for developing manual dexterity and strengthening the fingers’ muscles by crumbling the tissue paper into small balls.  [more...]
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3 votes
Over the Rainbow
This activity provides proprioceptive input and helps in building upper extremity strength.  [more...]
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5 votes
Airplane Catch
This activity enables the child to develop his upper body strength and receive proprioceptive input. It also gives the child an opportunity to work on maintaining eye contact.  [more...]
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1 vote
Dream Catcher
In addition to the strengthening of the finger muscles, this activity helps in developing the child's cutting skills as the child imitates the cutting motion by using a single hole puncher.  [more...]
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6 votes
Small Button Box
Original purpose is for ADL skill of pre-buttoning however this activity has many applications.  [more...]
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1 vote
Finger Paint
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.  [more...]
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1 vote
PickUp Straws Game
This activity is good for children who work on their pincer grasp or on finger separation/thumb opposition. You can ask the child to use his thumb and pointer, thumb and middle finger, thumb and ring finger, or thum  [more...]
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11 votes
Feed the Ball
This activity is designed primarily for hand strengthening.  [more...]
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7 votes
Wall Walking
The child will receive proprioceptive input through the feet, the ankles, and the knees.  [more...]
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3 votes
Squeeze and Paint
This activity works on finger motions that are similar to the ones used for cutting.  [more...]
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3 votes
Running Water
This is a fun, wet activity. The child develops and strengthens his/her finger muscles which may contribute to proper grasp of writing tools.  [more...]
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3 votes
Pickup Relay Games
This activity is designed to practice opening and closing tools like scissors.  [more...]
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3 votes
A Slippery Fish
This activity promotes the use of scissors and helps the child imitate movements that are similar to the ones used for cutting. In addition, this activity develops the child's sensory processing through exposing him/her  [more...]
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6 votes
Fruit Building
This is a delicious activity. While this activity promotes tripod grasp and bilateral hand use, it is also a wonderful way to introduce new foods and textures to picky eaters or those children who love and enjoy fruit.  [more...]
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3 votes
Marshmallow Stamper
This activity promotes the child’s tactile awareness and works on developing fine motor skills.  [more...]
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3 votes
Therapy Treasure
This activity is designed to strengthen the child's finger muscles and to develop pincer grasp. Using different media and textures such as Play-Doh© ,Floam© or Silly Putty© is good for developing the chil  [more...]
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2 votes
Magnadoodle
This activity helps in developing pre-writing and writing skills.  [more...]
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2 votes
Straw to Straw
Manipulating straws and joint connectors helps in developing the small muscles of the hand. This activity is fun and allows the child to be creative.  [more...]
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4 votes
The Battle of the Bottles
This activity provides heavy work through lifting and carrying. The child receives proprioceptive input which may help in strengthening the upper body and improve body awareness.  [more...]
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11 votes
Mac and Shake
This activity strengthens the finger muscles and helps in developing tripod grasp.  [more...]
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3 votes
Pop the Wrap
Who doesn’t like to pop the bubbles on the bubble wraps? The bigger, the better! This simple activity promotes pincer grasp, eye-hand coordination, and hand dexterity.  [more...]
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10 votes
A Day at the Beach Obstacle Course
This obstacle course helps in providing light proprioceptive input through lifting and carrying and through raising and lowering the body. In addition the child is working on improving his/her body awareness.  [more...]
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4 votes
Can You Feel It
This activity gives the child an opportunity to explore a variety of tactile media and develop his/her stereognosis sense.  [more...]
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3 votes
Squeeze this Puffy Paint
This activity helps in strengthening the fingers muscles.  [more...]
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3 votes
Beads for All
This fun activity works on the small muscles of the hand and promotes pincer grasp.  [more...]
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4 votes
Cut the Line
To teach the child to control the direction of the scissors (cutting lines).  [more...]
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4 votes
Squirt Till it Drops
This activity should be done outdoors. The squirting motion strengthens the hand muscles and promotes bilateral coordination. When using the squirt bottle to draw shapes or write letters, this activity also develops vis  [more...]
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5 votes
Lacing Pictures
This activity helps in developing pincher grasp as well as motor planning and sequencing.  [more...]
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3 votes
Stamp it up
This fun activity works on tripod grasp. Using a small stamp requires the child to use his fingers in a similar way of grasping a writing tool.  [more...]
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3 votes
Talking Scissors
This is a pre-cutting activity that helps the child in learning the proper way to open and close scissors.  [more...]
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4 votes
Chalkdraw
This activity helps in developing pre-writing and writing skills. In addition, the child receives more kinesthetic feedback when drawing or writing with a chalk. Having the child lay prone on the floor helps with proxim  [more...]
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4 votes
Nuts and Bolts
This activity helps to promote tripod grasp and bilateral use of hands.  [more...]