OT Activity of the Day:
Dot Markers
Target Age Range: 18 months and up
My son, Max, loves dot markers. To play with these, I typically give him a lot of space and since dot markers are known to bleed through paper pretty quick, I like to use cardboard. This was a box from a wine delivery (I mean how else do we get through this pandemic?!) and I just broke it down and laid it out for us to use!
Dot markers are great because you can work on manipulating a twist top to use them. This is something that Max is getting pretty good at and something that we look for in child development before the age of 4. For us in this activity today, we talked a lot about the colors and then basic imitation. If you have a child who’s a little bit older, you can always make shapes for them to fill in, or you can work on basic line, shape or letter identification.
Stay safe and enjoy!