I like valentines day activities because they lend themselves well to coloring, writing, painting, cutting, and gluing. My favorites are the heart butterflies and the heart bugs, but just drawing hearts and coloring and cutting them are great too. Making flowers out of hearts is a really simple way to do it, and a button... The post Valentines day activities appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

As the weather is cold, what better animal to work on buttoning than a penguin. I made this cute little felt penguin to have the kids practice their buttoning skills. The kids are always much more willing to practice fastening buttons when there is more interest to it that a strip of buttons. The cute... The post A cute button penguin appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

I found this cute game on Amazon and completely fell in love with it. The little worms are a rubbery texture and are different lengths. It is fairly easy to pull the worms out of their holes in the garden, but requires a bit more fine motor precision to get the worms back into their... The post Wriggleworms garden appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

I’ve discussed before how helpful it is to have kids hold a pom pom or toy in their palm while writing. It gets then to stabilize the pinky side of their hand and frees up their index, middle finger, and thumb for controlling the pencil. One problem is that they lose the object they need... The post A pencil charms substitute appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

I found a new glue that is great for sticking pieces of laminated paper together. It’s called tack it and it is a great replacement for velcro.  You brush it on the back of a piece of laminated paper and let it dry. You can then stick it on to another piece of laminated paper... The post Tack-it in place of velcro appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

It is time to head back to school and I have been working on getting files organized and figuring out the best way to do notes and activities. I am starting out simple this year and have used the paper tearing crayon to have kids color the crayon, write their name, and tear paper and... The post Back to school activities appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

When kids are learning to fasten zippers, they first learn to move the zipper back and forth on items such as a purse or little zippered bag, or the little pig bank that I made. This is an activity that uses two hands and good hand positioning, and is linear so it usually is learned... The post connecting the bottom of a zipper appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

I have been on a button activity kick for the past couple of months, and I just made a cute sunflower and a little blue forget-me-not flower. The sunflower has 10 buttons on the back to button on the flower petals, so it can be more of a challenge, but the little blue flower is... The post Summer button sunflower appeared first on Therapy Fun Zone ..read more

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