Include your child in activities around the house. Cooking, stirring and rolling out dough are great activities for building strength in the hands and arms. Moving books and stacking firewood are also good, in addition to other tasks at home.
Chores are good to help children build strength and confidence as they learn to be more independent. Have a place for children to put their toys, clothes, etc. away, and expect them to carry through with taking care of their things. These jobs help them at school so that school responsibilities become automatic, too.
Home art projects are terrific! Have children use rubber stamps to make wrapping paper, cut out designs, paint, and work with clay.
Work on helping your child learn positional concepts, such as, beside, between, in front, behind, next to, etc. Learning these concepts with practice at home will help your child better understand directions given at school.
Echo drawings are a fun way to practice writing and drawing skills. Just draw a shape such as a square, and take turns with your child drawing identical shapes smaller and smaller inside the original shape to 'echo' the original shape. You may also start with a small shape and make your echo drawings larger and larger.
Gift giving ideas could include games that build motor skills and perceptual motor skills. Examples include Mancala, Twister, Chinese Checkers, Memory, and all kinds of card games that will help to build fine motor skills.
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