Help your toddler develop their motor skills with these fun activities. Learning activities for fine motor skills. Fun games to strengthen gross motor skills.
Count and clip cards are a great way for little learners to practice counting with one-to-one correspondence and number recognition. I love that they are a low prep independent activity. It’s an easy way to make learning fun. Use them in Math centers, a tot tray, or as a busy bag. Targeted Skills fine motor …
Working with clothes pins is a great way to strengthen fine motor skills and the pincer grasp in young children. There are so many simple activities that can be done with clothespins to build hand strength. It’s an easy way to make learning fun. You can buy wooden clothespins at the dollar store. Clothespin Learning …
I made this homemade button snake because it is a great way for young children to build fine motor skills, color recognition, and shape recognition. It is the perfect thing to keep little hands busy. If you have extra ribbon or felt on hand, this can be made in under 10 minutes. You …
Early learners will have lots of fun adding these funny whiskers to each animal. These animal tracing worksheets are a great way to strengthen fine motor skills and bring a fun twist to line tracing which is a beginning writing skill. The free printables can be used for morning work, an early finisher, or as …
Spaghetti Noodle Lacing is a fun activity that develops fine motor skills (strengthening the pincer grasp), patterning, pretend play, counting, and more! It is easy to set up and there are so many different ways to try this great activity. Materials Playdoh spaghetti noodles other noodles or cheerios for lacing …
Use these printable finger puppets to enhance pretend play time, ignite creative imaginations, strengthen fine motor skills with finger dexterity, and to have a lot of fun. Printable puppets are a huge hit with young children. They spark imaginative play and are easy to prepare, just print and play. Playing with finger puppets builds language …
We have quite a few bags of homemade colored rice (click for recipe) on hand so I decided to put them in the water table for something different – Sensory Play and Fine Motor Skills. We ended up mixing the colors, which the kids thought looked really cool! I took a variety of beads that I …
Motor skills are motions carried out when the brain, nervous system, and muscles work together. Fine motor skills are small muscle movements, such as grabbing something with your thumb and forefinger. Gross motor skills are bigger movements that use the bigger muscles such as running and jumping. (Resource: babycenter.com) So often we focus on ways …
We often hear about the importance of a child developing fine motor skills but do we always know what that means or why it’s so important? As your child develops, being able to color with crayons, cut with scissors, tie their shoes, or complete puzzles becomes integral to their development. We can ensure their success …
Give this tooth pick activity a try! I found these toothpick holders at Dollar Tree (3/$1) in the Luau section. They are a perfect fine motor skill activity. The lid has a small hole to put the toothpicks back into the container or you can turn it and it has 3 holes to put the …
To be honest, I never thought about buying a barrel of monkeys for B. Grandma introduced him to his first barrel and I thought it was a big mess for one little game. Fast forward 3 months and I’m so happy that we had those monkeys! B came up with so many different ways to use them. …
This clothes pin game was a good excuse to have B work with clothes pins (great for motor skill development), but it turned into a fun way to practice counting too. Materials: clothes pins, 1 die, something to clip on (shelf from pantry shown above) Here’s how to play: Roll the die. Clip the corresponding …