Fine Motor Kit Handout (By Mandy Chan)

Lacing Card Games (Uno, Go Fish, etc.)

Matching (Clothespin Activity)

Make Jewelry (Beading Activity)

Occupational Therapy Fine Motor Kit




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1. Lace around whole pattern by weav-

ing in and out.

2. Pull string each time to tighten

1. Pick up cards using pincer grasp

(thumb and pointer fingers only)

2. Do not slide card to edge of table to

pick up

1. Pinch clothespin with the tip of your

pointer finger and thumb

2. Pin the clothespin on the square with

the same colour

1. Pinch beads and put onto string one-

by-one

2. Do not let student takes handful of

beads out of cup/bowl



Tweezers Paint with Eye Droppers

Chopsticks Sort Buttons







1. Use tweezers to pick up cotton balls

one by one

2. Put cotton into cup

3. Use tweezers to take cotton out of

the cup one by one

1. Fill cups with water and put a dif-

ferent colour drop of food colouring

in each cup

2. Have student use eye droppers to

make pictures on paper towel.

1. Use chopsticks to pick up cotton

balls one by one and place into cup

2. Use chopstick to take out cotton one

by one

1. Use your pointer and thumb to pick

up the buttons one at a time

2. Put the each button in the matching

container



Nuts and Bolts Turkey Baster

Marble and Spoon Scissors







1. Use fingers to screw the nut onto the bolt

2. Use fingers to unscrew the nut

1. Put the target on the

center of the table

2. Put the cotton ball on

the edge of the table

3. Use the turkey

baster to blow the

cotton ball to the

target

1. Take off the lid on the bottle

2. Scoop out one marble into spoon

3. “Pour” marble into bottle

1. Put thumb on small scissor handle

2. Put pointer and middle fingers on

large scissor handle

3. Cut out shapes along the black line



Finger Painting Sorting

Paint with Cotton Swab Hide and Seek Putty







1. Use finger paint to draw shapes, let-

ters, or write their names

2. Use each finger once

1. Use pointer finger and thumb to pick

up beads one at a time

2. Sort the bead by colour into the

bowl with the matching colour

1. Pinch cotton swab between pointer

finger and thumb

2. Use cotton swab to paint picture

1. Hide small objects in the putty

2. Use finger tips to spread out putty

to find hidden objects



String Fruit Loops Contact/Snap block

Zippers Make a Porcupine







1. Make a pole using the pipe

cleaners and play-doh

2. Put fruit loop through

pole one at a time

3. Make a colour pattern

with fruit loops

1. Snap blocks

together

2. Take block apart

3. Do this one at a

time

1. Pinch the zipper with the tip of our

pointer finger and thumb

2. Unzip and zip each one

1. Use pointer finger and thumb to pick

up toothpick one by one

2. Poke toothpick into ball of play-doh

3. Take out “quills” one by one



Scribble Bag Button Snake

Play-Doh

Letter Tracing Felt Button Chain







1. Use a cotton swab and write on the

scribble bag

2. Use your hands to “erase” the words

DO NOT open the bag.

1. Put the button in through the holes

on the felt

2. Make a snake out of the felt

1. Pick a letter

2. Put play-doh over the dotted lines to

make the letter

1. Button the first felt to make a ring

2. Put the next felt strip through the

ring and button it together

3. Keep going to make a chain



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Fine Motor Kit Handout (By Mandy Chan)