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Speech Resources

Fine motor skills resources

Activities for fine motor and bilateral coordination

-Spray bottles, video games and squirt guns - to develop the skill side of the hand

-Tongs - picking up small objects (beads, cereal) - Pre-scissor skills

-Squeeze toys - for water and air play

-Eye droppers

-Wind up toys

-Two-handed building toys - Legos, Tinkertoys, beads, lacing cards

-Baking - stirring, rolling, pounding, and pouring

-Peg Boards - making and/or re-creating designs

-Bubble Wrap - popping to strengthen fingers and dressing skills

-Playing cards - dealing and counting

-Placing coins in a piggy bank or another slotted container

-Puzzles, blocks, mazes, dot-to-dots

-Dress-up dolls and action figures

-Containers - practice opening and closing

-Clothespin games/activities (clipping onto a lid or index card)

-Manipulating nuts and bolts

-Play Doh, Stringing beads

-Cereal Necklaces - String “O” shaped cereal onto string, pipe cleaners, licorice, etc…

-Opening Skills - Use small jars and containers. Keep snacks in containers for a reward once opened. Pop off lids are easier. Turning comes later and is usually performed with the dominant hand. Hand over hand help can be given if needed at first.

-Learning to Spread - Use plastic cutlery, wooden tongue depressors, or popsicle sticks as knives. Large rice crackers or tortillas do not break as easily as crackers or bread.

-Marshmallows - Use toothpicks and different sized marshmallows to create shapes, snowmen, houses, etc… Have your child copy a design or shape that you make.

-Buttons, Snaps & Zippers - Practice with an extra shirt or pants. Start with 1” buttons and then move to a smaller size once the larger size is mastered. Hand over hand help can be given at first.

-Playing catch with a ball - Start with a large size ball and then gradually move to smaller sizes. You can begin with batting a balloon back and forth, if catching is too difficult at first.

-Cutting practice - Cut out basic shapes ( vertical and horizontal lines, circle, square, triangle). Draw shapes on an index card with a marker or highlighter. This will help with hand strength as well.