Activities to Enrich Visual Motor Development

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  Ë    Rub over stencils of letters, numbers. Use puzzle pieces, leaves, etc.

Ë    Use a finger to trace letters, etc. on a partner’s back. What was it?

Ë    Write in the air with large hand movements. Use a flashlight or scarf.

Ë    Use sidewalk chalk to practice letters, numbers, etc.

Ë    Use paintbrush and water to draw on the chalkboard.

Ë    Use a Magnadoodle or other drawing toy. Practice spelling words.

Ë    Use a variety of writing tools. (Different crayons, markers, pencils, colored pencils, chalk, steel roller ball pens.)

Ë    Rainbow writing - trace letters or words in different colored chalk.

Ë    Play with a Spirograph toy.

Ë    Play with an Etch-a-Sketch toy. Make a path from one sticker to another.

Ë    Write letters with a finger in a carpet square.

Ë    Use a vibrating pen.

Ë    Use dot-to-dots and mazes - do first with finger, then with pencil.

Ë    Trace pictures or comic strip characters.

Ë    Place an alphabet strip on the desk for reference.

Ë    Write in colored clay, cornmeal, etc.

Ë    Spell out a word using letter stamps to make each letter.

Ë    Play Pictionary

Ë    Use old scissors with modeling clay or Playdoh. Cut “snakes” into piece.

Ë    Cut thin strips of paper, straws, or ribbons into tiny pieces.

Ë    Use a paper punch to make confetti or a border on a picture or card.

Ë    Make a lacing project with a hole punch.

Ë    Snip edges of paper to make a fringe. (Use tape to mark cutting distance.)

Ë    Cut paper into a spiral. Try a square or triangle.

Ë    Use Legos, blocks, parquetry shapes, etc. to copy a design. Increase number and complexity. Hide it a try to copy it from memory.

Ë    Use a Lite-Brite toy to copy designs, sort colors, and make letters and words

 
 

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