Find the Match: St. Patrick's Day Cookies
by Learning at Home and School © 2026
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Price: $0.75 USD
Subjects: ot,visualPerception,fineMotorSkills,holiday,firstDayOfSpring,stPatricksDay
Grades: 0
Description
This festive, interactive deck features 4 St. Patrick’s Day cookies on each card. Students are shown a model cookie and must look at the choices to find and select the matching cookie. To increase engagement and prevent memorization, the cookie positions rotate each time the deck is played, encouraging true visual discrimination and careful scanning rather than guessing by location. When the correct cookie is selected, students receive immediate feedback and move forward. The deck ends with a fun drawing tool activity, where students can decorate their own St. Patrick’s Day cookies for creative expression and fine motor practice! Skills & Benefits Visual Perceptual Skills Visual discrimination (spotting small differences in shape, frosting, sprinkles, or details) Visual scanning (systematically searching the screen) Visual memory (holding the model image in mind) Attention to detail Reduced reliance on position memory due to rotating answer choices Executive Function & Learning Skills Focus and sustained attention Impulse control (looking carefully before tapping) Flexible thinking (since answers don’t stay in the same place) Task persistence Fine Motor & OT Benefits (Drawing Tool Activity) The final cookie decorating page supports: Fine motor control Finger isolation (for touchscreen users) Visual-motor integration Creativity and self-expression Bilateral coordination (if using stylus) This makes the deck ideal for OT!
Acknowledgements
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