This activity challenges/focuses on:
- Bilateral upper extremity strength; challenged while weight bearing in quadruped
- Visual motor skills; when placing hands on prompted colors
- Visual memory/recall; being shown a sequence visually, having to recall that sequence, and perform that sequence with motor actions
- Motor planning; when prompted to follow multi-step directions
When preparing the color board:
- Bilateral coordination of upper extremities is required to fold paper into 6 equal parts
- Fine motor skills are required to cut the paper along the folded lines
- Visual scanning is challenged when locating a color crayon
- Handwriting grasp is practiced when coloring in each paper
- Bilateral coordination and fine pincer grasp are required when ripping pieces of tape to place onto the color board
