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Using puzzles and games that you already have with an extra special addition can be a great way to work on bilateral coordination with puzzles. We string beads, puzzles and play doh almost daily. The kids really enjoy it and some learned how to use these tools for the first time in class. I do a lot of bilateral work by keeping my fine motor tasks in bags that need to be buttoned and unbuttoned—some small buttons, some bigger. As therapy professionals, we LOVE to recommend therapy toys that build skills! This toy list is done for you so you don’t need to recreate the wheel. My favorite bilateral coordination activity is a toy tool kit. The client needs to stabilize with one hand and functionally use the other hand. This is great for handwriting and cutting!

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Lacing is a great bilateral integration skill. Usually, students have not done a lot of it and it is interesting them. Beginning fastener skills are great too. Doing any repetitive activity is usually calming for students. Another bilateral coordination task is cutting with scissors with one hand while holding and manipulating paper with the other hand. Moving a marble in a fog of 8 toy. Don’t remember the name but is an excellent bilateral, eye hand coordination and motor planning activity.I love using a zoomball, accordian tubes, stringing different kinds of beads, Mr. Mustache Man (tennis ball with slit cut into it; kids have to squeeze the mouth open with 1 hand & feed with other hand), different gross motor games/obstacle courses, construction toys (especially Zoobz), and many more activities. 🙂 I love using ADLs and IADLs (cooking ) to work on bilateral coordination when possible. I also love playdoh, playing ball, and lacing beads:) For children with difficulty in crossing midline, or using integrated bilateral skills, using toys in play is an effective way to work on and nurture this skill.

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Popbeads. They come in so many different sizes now you can use for all ages and stages in development. I love having my kids do animal walks (they love it too!), and I also like any games that involve using two hands to catch/throw a ball, using play dough to practice cutting and other bimanual coordination activities. Using both sides of the body together is a skill needed for many tasks: writing with a pencil with one hand while stabilizing paper with the other hand is one such activity. I love to use building toys such as Junior Mechanix or Legos to work on bilateral coordination skills. Cutting, stringing beads and lacing are all great as well

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I make seasonal paper plates that require clothespin- spider/legs, turkey/featers, flower, snoflake, Santa’s beard, reainbo to match paint sample colors, ice cream cone with sprinkles, etc. i also have them stand on a balance board while they complete the ideal cross midline activity- especially with lots of turkey feathers they painted with dor markers. I also have a variety a clothespins from easy plastic to plastic clamps or paper fasteners that are hard. I even had wide handled plastic one for different squeeze/grasp… Climbing ladders/nets – it’s bilateral involving upper and lower body with lots of core work and motor planning as well. Any assembly toy such as K’nex, Legos, Magnetics etc. ….using picture instructions will promote independent play. i love doing crafts specifically those involving cutting, glueing and placing small objects working on symmetrical and asymmetrical bilateral movements !