Imitates fine motor Activities
Imitate the following Fine Motor activities!
1. ✅ Clapping Hands Together 2. ✅ Touching Each Finger to Thumb
📝 How to Perform: Sit facing the child. Clap your hands 📝 How to Perform: Demonstrate slowly bringing
slowly and clearly. Use a verbal cue like “Clap!”
Encourage the child to imitate. Use rhythm or music each fingertip to the thumb (index to pinky). Let the
(e.g., nursery rhymes). child watch and then try. Do one finger at a time.
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Mastery Criteria: The child independently claps 🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child imitates touching all 4
hands 5 times in a row after a model across 3 fingers to thumb with 80% accuracy across 3 days.
consecutive sessions.
3. ✅ Stacking Small Blocks
4. ✅ Rolling Playdough into a Snake
📝 How to Perform: Show the child how to stack 2–3
small blocks one on top of the other. Use identical 📝 How to Perform: Roll playdough back and forth using
blocks for the child. Use the verbal prompt “Stack like both hands to form a long snake shape. Let the child
this.” feel the texture and copy the action.
🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child independently stacks at 🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child rolls a snake-like shape
least 3 blocks after imitation in 4 out of 5 opportunities. using both hands correctly in 3 consecutive sessions.
5. ✅ Drawing a Straight Line 6. ✅ Tapping Fingers on a Table
📝 How to Perform: On a whiteboard or paper, draw a 📝 How to Perform: Tap your fingers rhythmically on a
table. Let the child watch and imitate the tapping. Start
vertical or horizontal line. Give the child the same
with slow and increase speed if tolerated.
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crayon or marker and say “Draw a line like mine.”
Mastery Criteria: The child imitates the line drawing
🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child imitates finger tapping
with both hands in rhythm 3 times per session for 3
with 90% accuracy over 3 different settings (e.g., table,
sessions.
easel, floor).
7. ✅ Pinching Small Pom Poms 8. ✅ Turning the Page of a Book
📝 How to Perform: Use thumb and index finger to pick 📝How to Perform: Demonstrate slowly turning the
up a small pom pom and place it in a cup. Let the child corner of a soft page. Hand over the book and say “Your
do the same after observing. turn.” Assist hand-under-hand if needed.
🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child uses pincer grasp to pick 🎯
Mastery Criteria: The child independently turns
pages in a book during reading time 80% of the time
and place 5 pom poms in a row with minimal prompting
across 3 sessions.
across 2 sessions.
9. ✅ Opening and Closing Fingers (Spider Hand) 10. ✅ Pointing to Nose
📝 How to Perform: Open and close your hand slowly 📝 How to Perform: Point to your nose and say
like a spider walking. Ask the child to copy. Make it fun “Where’s your nose?” Wait for imitation. Use
by singing or adding a toy spider. mirror play if helpful.
🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child imitates the open-close
🎯 Mastery Criteria: The child consistently
motion using fingers and palm 3 times in a row in 3 out
of 5 opportunities.
imitates pointing to nose with 100% accuracy
across 2 different settings.
Written by : Asma Azam
