Coloring in the lines

We all know that this can be very difficult task for students with fine motor problems.  Here is a picture of a work sample where the student struggles with coloring in the lines. 

With this particular student, I decided to use Wikki Sticks as barriers for coloring inside the lines.  When just a raised bump on the paper won't work, these Wikki Sticks really do the trick.  The next picture is what the Wikki Sticks look like on the paper.

This picture shows the picture colored with the Wikki Sticks still attached.  You will notice in the upper left corner of the paper some stray marks.  This student was still in the process of learning with Wikki Sticks so we had some stray marks :)

This picture is the final product. 

Wikki sticks can be found here:

http://wikkistix.com/

or

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wikki+sticks


~Jessica

Fine Motor task

This task uses pencils and a coffee can.  Students have to push the pencils into the lid of the coffee can.  The holes are just large enough to provide enough resistance. 

incorporating fine motor skills

To incorporate fine motor skills into our geography unit I utilized my boardmaker cd (this can be done in Microsoft word also). I found pictures of land and water and took the line tool and created a cut line up to the picture. We worked on the land page first. With each line, they had to say what image it led to. After finishing the land page we went onto the water page. Super simple activity to incorporate the unit vocabulary while practicing the all important fine motor skill.

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