A great way to work on fine motor skills in children with autism is using lacing activities. It’s an excellent activity to add to your occupational schedule. This flower lacing printable is one way to get it done.
Fine motor skills are crucial for activities like handwriting, shoe tying, or even being able to eat using a utensil. As you can see, fine motor skills not only help with academics but with quality of life issues as well. Fine motor is an absolute must skill to work on a regular basis with most autistic children.
Lacing activities are easy to do in the car, waiting for appointments, sitting in a restaurant, wherever. I print this flower lacing printable on card stock to make it a bit sturdier, laminate it, then buy cheap shoelaces. Throw it in a Ziploc bag and you have a built in activity for traveling. Put a set in your purse, backpack, car, pretty much everywhere.
If you were to ask to see what’s inside my purse at any given time, you would most likely see a set of lacing cards stashed in there. Logan will mindlessly do lacing cards while watching tv or while traveling down the road. He doesn’t really need to do them anymore but they have sort of become a calming technique for him. If he can’t find a pen or highlighter to flick, lacing cards will do the trick.
Other fine motor activities you may like:
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