Tasks Galore: Book Notes: Fine Motor Skills

Tasks Galore Book Notes
Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey.  (C) 2003. USA.  ISBN: 978-1-934226-00-1

Page 8:
Fine Motor - Concepts to Think About:

• Reach, Grasp, Release
• Manipulation
• Bilateral Skills
• Pre-writing and Writing
• Computer Skills

It asks teachers to "Record Your Own Task Ideas Here" and provides space.  If I come up with my own ideas, I will post comments to this post.

Page 9:  Fine Motor - Put In
Includes activities, such as:

• Pull from Velcro and insert into bottle
• Pull and insert into cutout
• Push into slotted opening
• Drop chips into water
• Push through opening with pointer finger
• Lift from dowel and place into slot

Page 10:  Fine Motor - Assembly
Includes activities, such as:

• Slide beads off pipe cleaner
• Bead stringing sequence
• Interlocking people
• Coloured link assembly
• Tinker Toy assembly
• Match cassette and case

Page 11:  

• Two-piece nut and bolt
• Three-piece nut and bolt
• Plastic pipe assembly
• Snap hair rollers
• Flashlight assembly
• Put toothbrush into holder

Page 12:  Fine Motor - Writing
Includes activities, such as:

• Colour within boundary
• Trace highlighted word
• Trace colour-dotted words
• Lift for wrist support
• Copy words from dictionary
• Type from list

Page 13:  Fine Motor - Other
Includes activities, such as:

• Thread into cut out
• Pincer grasp
• Put into slot using wrist rotation
• Hammer into slot
• Pick up and place with tongs
• Lift rings from dowel and place into box