Fine motor games for small, careful movements
The control behind a button, a pencil or picking up something small: shapes made with the fingers by camera, or a fingertip on a tablet.
- In occo:
- Fingers
- In occupational therapy terms:
- Fine motor, grasp and pinch, finger isolation, grapho-motor
Where it shows up day to day
- Doing up a button.
- Holding a pencil.
- Picking a small object off a table.
- Tracing a letter.
What is recorded for it
| Measure | What it is | Recorded in |
|---|---|---|
| Hand shape match | How closely a hand shape matched the one shown. | Shadow puppets |
| Staying on the line | How far the hand strayed from the line it traced. | Trace the sky |
| Tapping speed | How many times a second the hand opens and closes. | Shadow puppets |
Goals it supports
OT · Fingers
Isolating fingers for buttons, zips and a pencil grip
Shadow puppets asks for one hand shape after another to cast an animal’s shadow, and ends each block with a short round of opening and closing the hand.
RecordedHand shape matchTapping speedHelp neededOT · Fingers
Pre-writing strokes: a steady line from point to point
Trace the sky joins stars into a picture with one fingertip on a tablet, the line kept on the path between them.
RecordedStaying on the lineSmoothnessAim
