Occupational Therapy: Developing Scissor and Fine Motor Skills

Here are some activities for developing pre-scissor and fine motor skills!

• Crawling activities – through a tunnel or home made obstacle course.
• Balloon Volleyball – hit a balloon or light beach ball with your hands and see how long you can keep it up in the air
• Walking on hands, pretending to be different animals (e.g. bear, lion, frog, rabbit.)
• Wind-up toys
• Finger or glove puppets
• Stringing beads
• Play dough – encourage the child to pull pieces apart, roll with rolling pin, squeeze and pinch. Making biscuits or cookies could also achieve the same goals
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Games that involve turning knobs and handles (e.g. Pop-Up Pirates, Downfall, Etch-A-Sketch.)