07/08/2023
Frozen play dough!!!! This is a huge hit in my house every time. Pop play dough INTO the freezer for a quick win and a small change to the regular old play dough.
When you freeze play dough, it doesn’t totally harden because of the salt content. Instead, it gets a firmer consistency that makes a perfecto cutting material for little fingers that are practicing scissor skills.
Kids can practice cutting along lines for resistive scissor control that provides a proprioceptive & temperature sensory feedback to the motor skill of snipping and closing/opening the scissor blades.
Make shapes to practice bilateral coordination and turning an object. This is a win-win-win that kids will love! We started freezing play dough years ago and can’t stop/won’t stop!
Here’s the post if you would like to read more: https://www.theottoolbox.com/frozen-pixy-stix-candy-play-dough/
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Need more help with teaching scissor skills to little ones? The Scissor Skills Book, written by pediatric OTs & PTs: https://www.theottoolbox.com/product/the-scissor-skills-book/
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