Cutting Up the Christmas Tree

Erica, one of our abundantly-creative OTs on staff, sent along this activity for scissor practice and assembling a little holiday tree:

I saw this idea online and decided to do it as a session with one of my students IN his K class with his classmates. A substitute and L.D. teacher were present to assist with the other children. My student was max A for most of the tasks, but a lot of his classmates required assistance, too. To complete, they had to cut a paper plate into thirds, thread ribbons through hole-punched holes, and squeeze glitter glue. Quite the fine-motor challenge! 

Here are some of the finished products: 

 

 

Here are more of Erica's recent activities:

 

http://otinpublicschools.blogspot.com/2015/10/sneaky-snacks-fm-and-self-help-activity.html

 

http://otinpublicschools.blogspot.com/2015/09/improving-prehension-with-everyday.html