Building fine motor skills with children with autism

Building fine motor skills with children with autism skills can be a big challenge. I’ve seen children cry over not being able to hold a pencil correctly, throw activities across the room because they did not feel up to the fine motor challenge and have meltdowns as soon as fine motor activities were added to the visual schedule.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Building fine motor skills doesn’t have to be such a drag and cause your child so much frustration.

Building fine motor skills will be easier with these fun and engaging activities!

1. Pail and clothespins activity

2. Fish bowl playdough mat

3. Creative & fun play with straws

4. Use adapted origami!

5. Make thumbprint flower pots

6. Ice Cream Playdough mat

7. Free printable pointing book

8. Fill the fridge – free printable food matching game

9. Fun & educational Montessori trays

10. Cotton balls & clothespins

11. Build fine motor skills with finger puppets

12. My favorite super sorting pie game

13. Colorful socks playdough mat

3 bonus activities to help with building fine motor skills

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Create a sensory box and feed the birds from Modern Preschool.

You can use clothespins or jumbo fine motor tweezers for this activity.

(I love these!)

Feed a big mouth frog from Therapy Fun Zone.

Construct with straws and playdough from Fireflies and Mudpies.

How do you work on building fine motor skills with your child or in your classroom? I would love to hear from you in the comments below!

Eager to teach your child even more?

If you are looking to build your child’s communication skills in a fun sensory way, then the printable sensory communication workbook is for you!

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