Extreme Dot-to-Dot

Extreme Dot-to-Dot Book

Extreme Dot-to-Dot books come from one of my favorite toy companies - Mind Ware. They call it extreme because each picture is made up of hundreds of dots. I have used dot-to-dot pictures many times over the years and this extreme dot-to-dot book might be useful in different ways:

• With individuals who write large to practice short strokes, as many of the numbers are close together.
• With individuals who have trouble with impulse control because you must look ahead before you move. Just quickly drawing to the next closest dot will undoubtedly require a lot of erasing.
• With individuals who are working on precision as the dots are quite small and require precision to hit.
• With individuals who resists handwriting. Working on mazes or dot-to-dots may be a way to warm up and get the pencil in their hand. 

This book is for older kids who can count to 1,000. There are some 2-page pictures that may go that high. One picture can be worked on for a few minutes over many sessions. We have found that it is best to note the number you stop on as it can be hard to find it the next week. Put a Post-It note on the page and just add the new number each time, or draw an arrow on it and point to the place where you stopped. This will save a lot of time searching because everything is so small. 

This book comes in many different themes and I have also seen it at Michael's.

 

Try this:

• Work on precise fine motor pencil control, dynamic grasp for writing, visual scanning, figure ground, visual discrimination, sustained attention, sequencing, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

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