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Games: Hi Ho Cherry O, Mr. Potato Head, Lite Brite,Kerplunk, Connect 4, Bedbugs, Operation, Lincoln Logs, Legos, Tinkertoys, Cooties, Dominoes, Trouble, Chinese Checkers, games with dice.
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Tops
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Marbles
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Stringing beads, try using pipe cleaners
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Lacing
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Sewing
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Dress up dolls (Barbie, GI Joe)
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Transformers
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Sidewalk chalk
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Wind up toys
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Cooking
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Painting (especially with paper on a wall or easel)
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Write/draw in shaving cream or pudding
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Playdoh
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Tool use: paperclips, hole punch, tongs, tweezers, spray bottles, typing
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Origami (paper folding – paper airplanes, etc.)
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Cut paper snow flakes
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Tear paper into tiny pieces, make a picture with them
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Sort beads, beans, macaroni
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Snap fingers
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Play a musical instrument
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Open/close ziplock type bags
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Tear pages from an old phone book, scrunch into small balls, fill a plastic bag for a punching bag or throw into a basket
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Sign language
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Piggy bank/coin operated machines
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Yo-yos
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Opening jars
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Pouring drinks
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Eating small food (Cheerios, Kix) fingertips only
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Peg boards
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Push toothpicks into paper cups, marg. Containers, foods
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Tug of war with a coffee stirrer or lace
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Quickly turn over pennies – have a race
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Open the toothpaste with the same hand it is held in
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Shuffle cards
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Simple card games: Go fish, Old Maid, War
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Cut straws into small pieces + string onto a shoelace.
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