Making Plastic Toys for Baby’s Bath Time Play

Advertisements Bath toys typically involve filling and dumping water, sticking things on the wall and wind-up toys that swim around….…

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Why Vertical or Angled Surfaces Promote Fine-Motor Skills

Advertisements Updated March 17, 2025 There are several advantages to attaching toys, creating games, and even writing on vertical or…

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Make a Robot to Develop Manipulation Skills

Advertisements Here is an excerpt from my book The Recycling Occupational Therapist… … and a few more manipulation ideas…

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Detergent Bottle Monster Head

Advertisements Making this activity develops bilateral coordination and motor planning skills while pulling the elastic to create monster teach. Children…

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Stacking Boxes to Develop Visual-Motor Skills, Body Awareness and Coordination

Advertisements Babies develop eye-hand coordination by stacking objects…. Older children further promote hand skills when stacking in patterns such as…

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