AJ loves playing with me in the afternoon.

Some Fine Motor Activities that he gets to chose from:
*Handwriting (I printed and laminated these so that we could use them over and over again)
*Pegs He not only has to stack or create the designs but he also has to string them, match colors, and use fine motor skills when cleaning up.
* Lite-Brite Cube (ah, brings back memories, doesn’t it?) but AJ loves it…
*Cut and Paste Activities like this one. Yes, I am a little anxious with cutting but I do let him try it when he is calm.
*Tracing can be a fantastic fine motor skill and can be fun for kids while you are making dinner or lunches. It is a great activity for AJ after he comes home from school and needs to calm down.
*Making snow balls with old newspaper.
*Using a screw driver to take batteries out of toys (this is a favorite).
*Lacing Rice Pasta onto shoe strings.
*Turning over memory cards without bringing them to the edge of the table because that would be cheating…
*Playing “hit the balloon” with one or two fingers, tracking the balloon with the eyes across the room.

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Developing fine motor skills

Alcohol damages parts of the brain that give us memory, self-control, coordination, and judgment (thus, cause/effect and consequences). Most children with FAS have problems with learning, attention spans, behavior, and fine motor skills because of this.

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How Does Alcohol Affect the Brain?

2. Visual Closure: Inability to identify or recognize a symbol or object when the entire object is not there. For example, AJ can not tell me what is missing from a face if the nose is not there.

3. Object recognition: Inability to recognize familiar objects. Some researchers believe that this is due to visual memory or that the child may not be able to see the object as a whole. This can interfere with the child’s ability to consistently recognize colors, shapes, letters and words.

4. Whole/Part Relationships: Inability to recognize either the whole object or parts of the object. ie: the child may be able to memorize the entire word but not be able to identify the letters within the word.

5. Other areas: Fine motor skills, gross motor skills, spacial relations, and identifying objects in space (playing ball or seeing a table that matches the background).

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Visual Processing Hurdles