Month: May 2020

The next activity I will post is a downloadable PDF spring tracing file that you can print and have your child complete at home. The attached sheet has various lines that the student should start at one side of the paper and try to keep their pencil following the line until the opposite side of the paper. The straight lines will be easier for the child to follow compared to the circular curved lines. Encourage your child to complete this slowly as that will help with accuracy of tracing! Tracing lines is a great way to work on visual and … Continue reading Spring Tracing!

Hello Families! The next activity I am posting is the many uses of Play-doh! Play-doh can be used to practice many OT skills including bilateral coordination, visual motor, fine motor, hand strengthening, and sensory development! See the below list of activity ideas to use at home to practice OT skills! Hand Strengthening: Have your child squeeze and release the play-doh in one hand (alternate hands), have your child hold the playdoh in their palm and squeeze each finger on its own into the palm of their hand (example: Bring thumb into palm against play-doh and release). Have your child complete … Continue reading Play-Doh!

The next activity that we will be working on is our tracing and cutting skills. Tracing and cutting skills help us with our visual skills, visual motor skills and bilateral coordination! Below is an attached printable resource you can print to use at home to practice these skills. First, have your child trace on the dotted lines. Next, have them use scissors to cut along the dotted line/line that they traced. Encourage your child to trace and cut slowly and accurately! If the shapes included are too simple, feel free to draw a shape that is more complex for your … Continue reading Tracing and Cutting Skills!