It’s time for the 9th edition of OT Friday Fun Fine Motor Newsletter! This will be the last Fun Time Friday post for the summer. Let’s get busy and create some animal lacing cards!
Without a Printer:
• Draw simple shapes for your child to cut out and use instead.
• Cut out pictures from a magazine to make your own cards.
How to Make a Lacing Card:
• Print each animal onto thick printing paper, like cardstock.
• Have your child cut out each animal.
• Using a hole puncher, have your child punch holes into the white circles along the outline of the animal.
• Using thick string, yarn, or shoelace have your child weave the string in and out of the holes to promote their fine motor skills.
Ways to Incorporate Handwriting:
• Have your child write their name on the back of each lacing card.
• Using lined paper, have your child write about which animal they would most likely want for a pet.
• Have your child copy a few of the sentences from the instructions on how to make the lacing card.
• Copy the words of all of the animals your child laces. Place the words in alphabetical order.
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