{"id":336,"date":"2020-04-17T17:24:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/?p=336"},"modified":"2020-04-24T15:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:14:04","slug":"fine-motor-friday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/2020\/04\/17\/fine-motor-friday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Motor Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you have any empty egg cartons lying around? I have a fun activity planned! &#8220;Egg Carton Garden&#8221; &#8211; this activity will work on <strong>tripod grasp<\/strong> (functional grasp), <strong>bilateral hand skills<\/strong>, <strong>cutting skills<\/strong>, <strong>pinching<\/strong>, and <strong>motor planning<\/strong> and <strong>coordination<\/strong>. Video demonstration of Steps 1, 3-5 below \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supplies needed<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>egg carton<\/li><li>skewer (adult task in Step 1)<\/li><li>straws<\/li><li>scissors<\/li><li>permanent marker<\/li><li>playdoh  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1372-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of supplies: egg cartion, scissors, straws, marker, playdoh, and skewer.\" class=\"wp-image-366\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1372-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1372-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1372-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1372-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1372-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First, parent\/guardian (adult) use the skewer to make holes in the egg carton. <\/li><li>Draw lines on the straw for your child to have a <strong>visual cue<\/strong> on where to cut.<\/li><li>With supervision, have the child cut along the lines as best as they can!<\/li><li>Encourage <strong>tripod<\/strong> (thumb, index, and middle finger) <strong>pinch<\/strong> of the straws and insert them into the holes in the egg carton.  <\/li><li>Use playdoh to create a beautiful garden &#8211; have fun and be creative!<\/li><li>Send me a picture or video (<strong>khanafs@dearbornschools.org<\/strong>) of your child completing this task!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1387-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of completed activity. Straws sticking out from egg carton with playdoh flowers. Materials surrounding image.\" class=\"wp-image-367\" width=\"408\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1387-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1387-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1387-1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1387-1-1536x1149.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3114\/2020\/04\/IMG_1387-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"unlocking kids&#039; pOTential | Egg Carton Garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8yJzGc4HMv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have any empty egg cartons lying around? I have a fun activity planned! &#8220;Egg Carton Garden&#8221; &#8211; this activity will work on tripod grasp (functional grasp), bilateral hand skills, cutting skills, pinching, and motor planning and coordination. Video demonstration of Steps 1, 3-5 below \ud83d\ude0a Supplies needed: egg carton skewer (adult task in Step 1) straws scissors permanent marker playdoh First, parent\/guardian (adult) use the skewer to make.. <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/2020\/04\/17\/fine-motor-friday-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/samaahkot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}