Brooke Sapp

Decorate the ice skates, cut out the pieces, and glue a craft stick between the folded rectangles. Next, glue the ends of the rectangles to the boot. This activity can also include hole punching the dots to increase hand strength and lacing a string through the holes to increase fine motor dexterity. To increase the challenge more, the student could tie the two skates together after lacing them.

Color, cut, and glue together to create an adorable sloth hanging from a branch. Add some writing by having student write a Valentine message or poem (Roses are red/ Violets are blue/ I really love/ hanging with you!). File contains a blank sloth and one with message already written.

Played similar to popular kids' card game UNO, this card game is great for practicing commonly reversed letters as well as matching colors. It also incorporates writing and reading skills for students. Print on card stock and cut out (won't need grey card backs) or on plain paper with grey card backs to avoid see-through cards.

Use these fun hand drawn emojis to practice scissor skills to create silly hair! Color and cut out each emoji head, then follow the lines to cut the emoji's hair. Varying lines increase in difficulty, allowing children to focus on the skills with which they can be successful but also challenged. Work on visual motor and fine motor skills, as well as sequencing a task. Kids will need to focus on where each line ends to avoid cutting into the emoji's face, working on visual attention and coordinat

This takes the prep work out of creating your own rainbow sentences to use with students. Use this template to sequence the rainbow colors and create a fun reading and writing activity for students. It can be a fun way to encourage even the most reluctant writers. This also incorporates abstract thinking and can be adapted to fit many different needs.

Use this 3-lined paper for students who need a little extra visual support. The colored bottom section of the lines helps with sizing and line placement ("short letters" fit in the yellow). This can help students of various abilities, but is especially helpful for students who need the visual support for writing or beginning writers. Lines are 1/2" from top to bottom and used frequently with Kindergarten, First, and Second graders (although also used with older students as well).

Use this Celtic knot shamrock template to build visual motor and fine motor skills. With a wide range of ways to adapt the activity, it is great for all school-aged children. -Use is for path-drawing (make it harder by having child pick up pencil and skip over intersections, requiring them to use form constancy to stay on the correct path). -Add writing to the bottom of the page. Have children write "Happy Saint Patrick's Day" at the bottom of the page. Older children can research and write fun

Color the cup, cut it out, cut out the marshmallows, and glue all to a piece of construction paper to create a cup of hot cocoa. You can also pull apart cotton balls to add steam to top or use small hole punches of white paper as mini marshmallows.

Hand drawn whale craft to create a unique fine motor craft for Valentine's Day. Can be adapted to be more or less difficult based on child's needs and abilities. Directions:-copy sentence on lines You are Narly!-color picture -cut out circle -twist 2 pipe cleaners together to make a spiral -glue to whale head Alternate option:-copy sentence You are whaley cool! and skip pipe cleaner step

A craft that can be used all winter long! Color, cut, and glue pieces together to make a penguin. The smaller oval fits on top of larger one; the small heart can be used as a beak; the bigger hearts are used as feet; glue wings to sides; draw eyes and voila!

Back to school activity to learn a few interesting facts about students, this "all about me" activity includes drawing a self portrait, completing sentences, and answering questions.

Welcome fall by describing the season using your 5 senses. Helps build awareness of each sense and opens conversation about what people like to do in the fall. What do you see, hear, smell, eat/taste, and feel/touch that's special to fall? Great for all ages and can be adapted to write whole sentences, single words, or even used as a graphic organizer for paragraph writing for older students.

Decorate the Easter egg, color the bunny face pieces, cut out, and glue together.

Follow the path with a pencil or marker to increase fine motor, visual motor, pencil grip, and pencil control. Students can then color/decorate the lights.

Build fine and visual motor skills by having kids poke holes on dots with push pins. Make an added challenge by having them stand to work on a vertical surface! If you are not ready to give your kids push pins, these can work as dot to dot activities, too.