Toddlers and preschoolers need time to develop motor skills – whether they are gross motor, walking, climbing, jumping or fine motor that will help with writing in the future. Here’s 5 fun motor skills activities for tots this week featured from last weeks Tuesday Tots link up and our archives.
First off using some water beads (please use these with care and only with children who no longer put everything in their mouth) for colour sorting, the fine motor action of picking up the water beads.
Working on fine motor control of the pencil for writing a good exercise is draw and erase on the chalk board – we did it with some of the starting lines for letter formation and had a lot of fun with it.
Scribbles, doodles, shaded areas over whole pieces of paper are great fine motor activities and Stir the Wonder shared Drawing as a fine motor activity.
Pipe cleaners make an excellent home made tool for developing some fine motor skills and I love this coiled pipe cleaner drop activity from Adventures of Adam.
Mixing craft and fine motor skills – this yarn egg craft works wonders for little hands from Fantastic Fun and Learning.
Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn't have to be put on hold and you don't just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.
Such a great idea and so simple. I know my kids love this and I am going to give it a go at home. You are an inspiration. xo
Thanks for featuring our drawing activity!
Thank you for the interesting articles for young learners. It is so important that children learn at a young age through exploration.
Thanks so much for including our yarn Easter egg!