Here is a video of a fun outdoor activity idea, Create, Hide and Lace, that encourages fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills. The children can create paper circles, hide them outdoors and run to lace them on the ribbon. Looking for more sensory motor ideas? Try these electronic books:
Motor Magic: Turn Fine Motor Skills into Gross Motor Skills
Get Up and Learn: Incorporating Movement with Learning
50 Sensory Motor Activities for Kids!
$ensory Motor Fun on a Budget
Here is a sample activity idea from our electronic book, Motor Magic: Turn Fine Motor Skills into Gross Motor Skills. This is a fun, outdoor activity that encourages fine motor skills, eye hand coordination, motor planning, gross motor skills and balance. The electronic book has 25 activity ideas incorporating fine and gross motor skills and is available at www.YourTherapySource.com/motormagic.
Here is a slide show on how to make your own ink dabbers. The great thing about this idea is that you can modify the dabber for children with varying abilities. This works well with our electronic book DOT Letter and Shapes.
Here is a video of a suggested activity to do with our newest electronic book – Alphabet, Number and Shape Cards.
Here is a fun activity that encourages upper extremity muscle strengthening, proprioceptive input and tactile input.
What more sensory motor activities? Check out 50 Sensory Motor Activities for Kids!.
Here is a new way to use a sensory toy. This is a spiky ball that can go on a child’s head so there is a hole in it. Stuff the inside with a cloth napkin or dish towel. Mark one counting stick (or coffee stirrer) with a piece of masking tape on it. The child puts all the sticks in the spiky ball. After all the sticks are in, the adult or another child, pulls out one stick at a time. How many sticks do you have to pull out before you reached the marked one? If more than one player, the winner is the first one to find the marked stick. This activity encourages fine motor skills, bilateral coordination and tactile input. Want more activities like this? Go to www.YourTherapySource.com.
Here a child has index cards with numbers on them. Using clothes pins, the child is hanging the cards in the correct numerical order. Then the child presses the clothes pins to drop the cards. Hanging the line next to the wall helps to control the clothes line and makes it easier for the child. Need more activities like this? Check out Get Up and Learn!, Clothes Pin Collection or Colorful Clips at our website, www.YourTherapySource.com.
