Summer time means picnics. In addition to having a preschool picnic, let’s take a look at some creative ways to use picnic items to paint. Regular paintbrushes are boring! By painting with familiar picnic elements like ants, watermelon, hamburgers, hotdogs, and grilling utensils, we can spark children’s imaginations while enhancing their fine motor skills. These […]
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Fine motor skills is the coordination of small muscle movements – usually involving small, precise thumb, finger, hand, and wrist movements. Fine motor activity in the early year’s help children refine their pincer grasp (grasping an object with their thumb and pointer finger using their preferred hand) and are a precursor to handwriting. By practicing
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Popcorn is a popular preschool theme in October and November. October is National Popcorn Popping Month and popcorn is a popular Thanksgiving treat for November. Here are some fine motor popcorn activities that you can incorporate in your learning environment. Fine Motor Popcorn Activities for Young Children Popcorn Letter Practice This fun writing tray uses
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Here are five simple fine motor activities for Thanksgiving that you can do with preschoolers. Tweezer Sorting: Provide children with Thanksgiving Harvest Mix Bead Assortment, some fine motor tweezers, and a veggie tray from Dollar Tree. Have kids use tweezers to pick up and sort the various beads into the divided tray. Turkey Lacing: Cut
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