Simple Fine Motor Taskboxes
Once students master the basic put-in tasks where they have a field of one item to put in one location, you can introduce more complex concepts. You can easily adjust complexity based on student needs by removing container lids (easy), cutting a hole or slot into the lid (medium), or cutting slits to provide resistance for the student to push the item through the lid (hard).Take Off and Put In Tasks
These taskboxes require students to use fine motor skills to take an item "off" the taskbox and place it in a designated location.
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| Take velcro'd bears off lid and place in container Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Take clothespins off box and put in to container Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Take pegs out of box lid and place in container Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Pull beads off pipe cleaner and put into container Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| pull small beads off pipe cleaner and place into box Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Pull velcro'd blocks off container side and place in top opening Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Pull velcro'd legos off container side and place in top opening Lauren Dickey Indian Riffle Elementary, Kettering |
Put On Tasks
These tasks require more coordination to place an object on the designated peg. Trial a variety of object, hole, and peg sizes. Larger holes will make it easier for students to place the objects on the peg.
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| Wooden Ring Stacker Jackie Vollmer Driscoll Elementary, Centerville |
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| Mason jar rings on paper towel tube Jackie Vollmer Driscoll Elementary, Centerville |
Basic One-to-One Correspondence
It is important at this stage of 1:1 correspondence that any object being used fills the entire space in the container so multiple items aren’t placed in the same space. |
| Wiffle balls in muffin tin Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Wiffle golf balls on tubes Kristen Johnson Greene County INC, Greene County |
Introductory Sorting
When first introducing sorting, it can be helpful to use items that have many very obvious differences such as different sizes, shapes, textures, and/or colors. Simply sorting by shape, color, or size is too complex at this initial stage. The greater the number of differences, the easier the sorting task will be. |
| Sort wooden blocks vs. rubber bouncy balls |
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| Sort wooden blocks vs. plastic bristle blocks Jackie Vollmer Driscoll Elementary, Centerville |
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| Sort pom-poms vs. buttons |
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| Sort pom-poms vs. wooden blocks Allison Officer Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
Sort Bowls and/or Cups
Allison Officer
Stevenson Elementary, Mad River
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