Selfie Elf Challenge – Get Kids Moving

Selfie Elf Challenge – Get Kids Moving

Are you up for a challenge to get the kids moving?  Download this FREE Selfie Elf Challenge at the end of the post.  See if the children can match the elf poses EXACTLY with their bodies and snap a photo.  Show the picture to the child and see if they notice any differences between their pose and the elf’s pose.

For example, ask the child if they are holding up the correct hand (right or left), do the facial expressions match and do the legs match (right and left)?  Repeat for each elf pose.

This would be a great partner activity – one child snaps the photo and checks for an exact match.  Then switch.

Want to do it as a group?  Snap photos of them all doing the same pose.

Don’t want to use a photo?  Just mimic the elf actions on the page.

Want to make this activity more difficult?  Call out a number and the child have to match that elf.  Call out 2 numbers in a row and the children have to match those two poses.  Call out 3 numbers in a row, the children have to remember the number sequence and match the poses in the correct order.  Continue all the way up to calling out 6 numbers.

Need more Holiday Activities?  Check out the December Bundle!

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Elephant Holiday Hat – Scissor and Fine Motor Activity

Elephant Holiday Hat – Scissor and Fine Motor Activity

This adorable holiday hat is FREE from Your Therapy Source.  It is one of the templates from the Holiday Hat collection.  Children can practice coloring, scissor skills and pasting.  Step by step visual directions are included for the children to learn how to create the Elephant Holiday Hat.  Print out the color or black and white template and get started.  Get the complete Holiday Hats digital download here.  It includes 11 awesome templates in color and black and white.

DOWNLOAD ELEPHANT HOLIDAY HAT

Need more December activities?  Check out these titles (PS every title has a free sample page to download):

December Fine Motor, Gross Motor and Visual Motor Packet

December Multisensory Handwriting Activities

Christmas Poses

December Visual Perceptual Puzzles

Finish the Holiday Pictures – December

Christmas Doodle Find

Print and Create Fine Motor Projects Christmas

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Jingle Bell Pencil

Jingle bell pencil is a super simple idea that promotes fine motor skill practice and handwriting fun. Have the child string some jingle bells on to a pipe cleaner. Wrap the pipe cleaner and bells around the pencil. Start your musical writing!

If the child is distracted by the bells while handwriting (or if it will drive the teacher insane – haha), use the Jingle Bell Pencil to play warm up games.  Move your Jingle Bell Pencil is different directions and see if the child can mimic your actions.  Create musical patterns with the pencil – slow ringing, fast ringing, etc and see if the child can copy it.  Air write the letters with the Jingle Bell Pencil.  Get creative!

 

December Multisensory Handwriting Activities includes worksheets that require movement, tracing, copying, cutting and gluing all with a December theme. There are 10 worksheets in double lined format (Handwriting Without Tears style) or in dotted line format (Zaner-Bloser style). In addition, a scoring rubric is included to track progress regarding letter formation, spacing, copying and more. This download is great for push in therapy, therapy homework or consultation services in the classroom. The words included are bells, candles, candy cane, choir, elves, gingerbread, holly, lights, reindeer and Santa.  Find out more information.

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Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Holiday Ornament

Here is a holiday ornament activity that includes scissor skills, sequencing, motor planning, visual motor skills and following directions!  All on one piece of paper (translation: NO PREP activity).  This ornament activity is from the Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw – Holiday Edition.   Print out this activity and the child can cut, sequence, paste and draw the ornament using the step by step directions.

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE CUT, SEQUENCE, PASTE AND DRAW HOLIDAY ORNAMENT 

Need more December activities?  Check out these titles (PS every title has a free sample page to download):

December Fine Motor, Gross Motor and Visual Motor Packet

December Multisensory Handwriting Activities

Christmas Poses

December Visual Perceptual Puzzles

Finish the Holiday Pictures – December

Christmas Doodle Find

Print and Create Fine Motor Projects Christmas

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

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Holiday Tree Prewriting Activity Page

Here is a FREE Holiday tree prewriting activity page to practice visual motor skills.  The child can practice tracing each of the small circles to complete the holiday tree.  Once all the circles have been drawn, paint or color in the picture.  This is a great, quick NO PREP activity to encourage visual perceptual skills during the December holiday season.

DOWNLOAD the free Holiday tree prewriting activity page.

This activity is from the Holiday Prewriting Activity Pages packet.  The download includes 20 black and white December holiday pictures to trace and color. This is a “just right” activity for children who are learning to write, draw and color. Each picture has dotted lines for the child to trace to practice visual motor skills. Once completed, the child can paint or color the picture. Various prewriting practice strokes are included throughout the packet such as vertical lines, horizontal lines, diagonal lines, crosses, circles, triangles, wavy lines and more!

 

The 20 pictures to complete include: holiday tree, present, candle, ornament, star tree, stocking, snow globe, santa, reindeer, bell, hanging ornaments, holly wreath, gingerbread men, gingerbread house, snowflakes, candy canes, holiday lights, outdoor trees, fir tree and holiday tree with ornaments.

FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.

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Simple Candy Cane Craft

After seeing this craft from Highlights, I thought it looked like a wonderful visual and fine motor activity.  I created a template so that you can get started right away.  You can download the template at YourTherapySource or http://www.YourTherapySource.com/videocandycane.  Watch the video below.

Find and Color Christmas Doodles

Find and Color Christmas Doodle is the latest freebie from a new download - Christmas Doodle Find.  This is a fun, no prep activity to practice visual tracking, visual discrimination and visual motor skills.  Find out more information at http://www.yourtherapysource.com/doodlechristmas

"Here Comes Santa Claus" Visual Motor Freebie

Practice visual motor skills and handwriting with this new freebie with a Santa Claus theme.  You can download it at http://yourtherapysource.com/freesantarace.html

Holiday Shape Tree Visual Perceptual Activity

Here is a fun, holiday freebie in color or black and white.  You can download the freebie at http://yourtherapysource.com/freeholidayshapetree.html

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Holiday Puzzle on Paper

Here is a holiday puzzle to challenge visual spatial, visual closure and visual motor skills.  You can download it at http://yourtherapysource.com/christmaspuzzle.html

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Sensory Motor Countdown to the Holidays

Here is a great list of daily activities to encourage fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills while making memories.

You can download the countdown at http://yourtherapysource.com/countdown.html

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Design a Toy Worksheet

Practice drawing and handwriting skills with this printable to help design a new toy.  You can download and print it at YourTherapySource.com.



Reindeer Testing

Get kids moving and test their reindeer skills with this checklist from YourTherapySource. 

Christmas Categories

Print and play this Christmas categories game to practice handwriting.