Fine and Visual Motor

Elementary (K-5):

1. Push toothpicks into a spice container or push coins/bingo chips through a slotted lid (can make a thing slice through a plastic lid)
2. Thread cereal, beads or noodles on a lace or pipe cleaner
3. Drop dry beans into small containers
4. Position washers onto screws
5. Paint with small squares of cut up kitchen sponges
6. Press push pins into a bulletin board
7. Free online printables:
1. Maze worksheets (try to stay between the lines)
2. Dot to dot worksheets (be sure to touch each dot)
3. Color by number worksheets
4. Find the Difference worksheets
5. Word Searches
8. Use tweezers, salad tongs or similar items to pick up cotton balls or pompoms from the table/floor and release them into a cup
9. Cut strips of paper, curved or zig zag lines, shapes or designs (reminder: use a thumb up grasp with thumb in small loop); can use different thicknesses to increase challenge (e.g. printer paper, card stock, card board, etc.)
10. Cut straws into pieces, then make a necklace
11. Weave a paper plate (punch holes, then weave string through the holes)
12. Hide or press small objects in dough/putty, then find the objects hidden inside the dough/putty
13. Replicate block designs (parent or sibling makes a design out of Legos or blocks, then child replicates)
14. Lite Brite or peg board activities
15. Puzzles (consider completing at a table while sitting on an exercise ball or lying on belly supported by forearms to incorporate strengthening)
16. Pop beads or other manipulatives, such as Legos

Secondary (6-12):

1. This website is used at the high school level to help with keyboarding knowledge and the use of all 10 fingers. http://www.sense-lang.org
2. This website has some fun typing games to engage students in typing activities. http://www.typing.com
3. These are directions to a fun and engaging card game to work on speed, hand dexterity, and quick thinking.  At the high school level, have your child teach you how to play, "Spit." https://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Card-Game-Speed
4. PEAK is a brain game app.  The free version will randomly select 4-5 games per day for you/your child to strengthen their skills in a variety of visual motor and visual perceptual skills.
5. Eye can learn is a free website that has activities and training exercises for visual perceptual skills.     http://eyecanlearn.com/
6. Tangrams are a fun game here is a modern twist:  https://www.tangram-channel.com/
7. Fun games you may already have at home: Spot It! Blink, SET, or any card game- the physical cards not on a screen. 
8. Color Code, Pixy Cubes, Battle Ship, Mastermind, Rush Hour, Kanoodle, Jigsaw puzzles.

Cutting Activities/Practice:

1. Creative Cutting Practice: https://theinspiredtreehouse.com/creative-cutting-practice-kids/
2. DIY Cutting Kit: https://theinspiredtreehouse.com/cutting-kit-cutting-activities-for-preschoolers-young-kids/
3. Meet Me in the Middle Cutting Activity: https://theinspiredtreehouse.com/cutting-activity-meet-me-middle/
4. Cutting Worksheets: https://theinspiredtreehouse.com/cutting-worksheets-scissor-mazes-for-kids/
5. Beginning Cutter: https://theinspiredtreehouse.com/beginner-cutting-skills-for-toddlers-and-young-kids/
6. Cutting Progression Packet and Crafts :  Cutting Progression Packet
7. Printable Color, Cut, and Glue activities can be found through this link: https://www.yourtherapysource.com/blog1/2017/06/14/color-cut-glue-scissor-summer/