Anything that has children use their pincer grasp. Small wind up toys, tops, tearing and crumpling paper for art projects, cut a small slit in a tennis ball and have the kids squeeze the ball and insert pennies, use a toothbrush holder and pinch/pick-up and insert small pom poms in the holes, find small tongs in kitchen supply stores for kids to use to pickup anything, ice cubes, pom poms, poker chips, packing foam, etc. and place in ice cube trays or egg carton sections. I had the kids pick up the small stones used for flower vases and balance on the head of golf tees placed in peg boards. My O.T. made neat lacing items. She used painted two inch woodie shapes she found at second had stores and screwed in eyelets around the edges. A stretchy cord was tied at one end and the kids can thread it all around the shape. Great for seasonal themes. For scissor skills have the kids cut straws, lightweight cardboard (check your local grocery store for store displays that they throw away), roles of clay, playdough-use a garlic press to develop that web space.
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