To use these fun printable fine motor skills activities – all you need is the freebie, some velcro, and a set of building blocks!
If you’re looking for a fun and simple addition to your hands-on classroom centers or you need some fresh, new fine motor preschool activities to use in your classroom or therapy room, these free printable cards are ideal!
Kids love building with blocks and there are so many fun activities with blocks for preschoolers and elementary aged kids! Today’s activity is an awesome one for working on bilateral coordination, fine motor coordination, visual motor skills, and hand strength.
We use this activity during transition times or waiting times to keep kids’ hands and minds busy. It’s also an awesome one to add to your bag of occupational therapy fine motor activities.
Looking for more fun with blocks? Check out this preschool block challenge – such a great visual activity for kids!
The Hand Strength Exercise Program
If you work or live with kids, you probably know at least a few who struggle with tasks like handwriting, cutting, or clothing fasteners. What if we told you that many of these issues often boil down to one simple thing? Hand strength.
Check out The Hand Strength Exercise Program!
-20+ downloadable pages of fun, creative hand exercises designed to build strength in the hands and fingers
-30+ QR codes linking to short videos showing playful hand exercises and activities using simple materials
-printable cards with scannable QR codes for creating engaging therapy sessions or classroom centers
-tracking sheet and documentation sheet to monitor progress
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Block Building Printable Fine Motor Skills Activities
What you’ll need:
-Free printable block building cards (scroll down and fill out the form)
–Building blocks
–Velcro tabs
What to do:
Place a soft side adhesive velcro circle on one end of each block and place a rough side adhesive velcro circle on the other end of each block.
Print and laminate the pattern card pages. Cut out each individual card.
Have kids stick the blocks together using the pattern cards as a guide. After they complete each pattern, have them separate the blocks, pulling against the resistance of the velcro to build hand strength.
How to change it up:
-Instead of using the free printable block building cards, simply have kids make their own creations using the Velcro blocks!
-Make a pattern using a set of Velcro blocks and have kids replicate your pattern. You can demonstrate adding one block to the pattern at a time, with the child following each step in order to grade the activity and make it simpler and more approachable.
-Use these block building patterns along with other printable fine motor strengthening activities!
-Find our favorite fine motor activities for toddlers and fine motor activities for preschoolers here!
