Fine Motor Skills
Some tips to help to support learning for a child with Fine Motor difficulties:
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Daily finger exercises and fine motor programmes including lots of threading, picking up small objects, cutting, buttons
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Practicing pincer grip movements - use tweezers
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Do lots of messy play
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Use play dough, stress balls, theraputty to help to strengthen fingers and hands
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Use special grips for pens and pencils
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Use different methods to write - sand, rice, foam, mud
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Practice memory games and give the child extra time to process instructions and what has been said
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Consider audio books, recording sentences and playing them back to aid writing
Useful sources of information & activities
https://theimaginationtree.com/40-fine-motor-skills-activities-for-kids/
https://www.theottoolbox.com/fine-motor-skills/
https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/resources/information-packs/fine-motor-activity-kit/
https://handsonaswegrow.com/fine-motor-skills-activities/
https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/55-ways-strengthen-fine-motor-skills-home/
https://www.learning4kids.net/play-categories/list-of-fine-motor-play-activities/



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