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. 2016 Jul-Sep;9(3):263–269.

Table 1.

Objectives and occupational therapy activities

Objective Type of activity
Training the capacity to solve problems, visual perception, cognitive, memory and grabbing The child chooses a box with pieces of plastic letters and forms words with them, placing them on paper, words must be part of a theme and the child has to form a word in 3 minutes.
Training ability to solve problems, cognition, memory, coordination and grabbing The child chooses a box of cards with numbers and places them on the plate, forming simple equations. Available time: 6 minutes for 3 equations.
Develop coordination, accuracy, picking up The child must lay 25 beads with a diameter of 1 cm, on a string and then loosen the string, placing the small marbles back in the box. Available time: 10 minutes. Placing wooden disks on sticks and then removing and placing them in the box. Available time - for five rods, 3 discs each, in 10 minutes.
Develop coordination, precision, grabbing and grip strength From a box of clothespins, removing one pin at a time, pinning them on the edge of the box, and then rearranging them in the box. Available time: 10 clamps in 5 minutes.
Develop coordination, perception and memory Placing different parts of geometric shapes and colors in a box that presents special places for each piece and putting the pieces back in the box. Available time: 6 pieces in 3 minutes
Develop coordination, perception and mobility Selecting colorful pieces (plastic cubes with sides of 2 cm) from a basket and putting them on plates according to the color. The basket and plates are spaced 20 cm apart, forcing the child to make wider gestures. Available time: 20 pieces in 10 minutes. Making greeting cards with different themes, performing a range of techniques such as cutting, pasting, edging.