Did you know that the simple activity of paper tearing has so many benefits for your child? When you tear paper you are actually strengthening hand-eye coordination as well as increasing hand strength. Tearing paper is an easy way to encourage fingers to be in a pincer grasp which is essential for writing with a …
Looking for a fine motor skills activity for December? Cutting Santa’s beard is a great way for little hands to practice cutting skills this holiday season. Trim Santa’s beard with these free beard-trimming pages. This Christmas activity will be a big hit with Preschool aged or Kindergarten students and will give them plenty of practice …
Find a bag of shaped buttons at your local craft store and turn that one bag of buttons into unlimited fun with 15 learning activities! There are so many different skills you can practice with these simple and fun button activities. From fine motor skills and counting to sorting and graphing, there are so many …
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 …
Working with styrofoam and toothpicks is a great fine motor skills activity for kids of all ages. It will strengthen the tripod grasp which is important for holding a pencil. This makes it a great pre-writing activity for young children. Building Structures with Styrofoam The best part about building toothpick structures is that it …
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 …
I love Valentine’s Day themed crafts and activities for both kids and adults. There’s something about this time of year that just make me happy. Why not sprinkle in a little learning with your Valentine’s day themed fun by adding a fine motor practice to the activity? Give these Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activities a …
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 …
Want a simple way to use some of those fabulous Do a Dot printables floating around on the internet without busting out the paints? While painting them with dot markers is a lot of fun, I wanted something my toddler could do more independently without the risk of having fabulous new dot artwork all over …
We love events in our house! Whether it’s a birthday, a guest coming to stay, a recital, or even Grammy’s upcoming retirement, we like to count the days until the event. We decided to make a paper chain countdown, which turned out to be a great counting activity, as well as nice practice using scissors …