Fetch the Bone

A pre-writing strokes game with a very good dog

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  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Therapy
  • 4+ players
  • PreK–8th grade
  • All Goals!

A dog is waiting on one side of the yard and its bone is on the other, but the grass is way too tall. Your student steers a lawnmower along each patch of grass to mow it down, and with every patch cleared, the dog trots a little closer.

Each board repeats one pre-writing stroke, so kids get lots of practice on the same shape. Choose from nine patterns, from simple vertical lines to circles, squares, triangles, crosses and X shapes.

Fetch the Bone gameplay screenshot

Bonus Skills for OT:

  • Pre-writing strokes
  • Visual motor
  • Directionality
  • Fine motor precision

Bonus Skills for Speech:

  • Spatial concepts (up, down, across, around)
  • Basic concepts
  • Articulation
  • Gestalt language processing
  • Core words