Just in time for Halloween, we’ve teamed up to create 3 fun Halloween activities for kids that will challenge fine and gross motor skills while keeping little ones occupied for hours! Fine Motor Challenge What you’ll need -chairs -yarn -fake spiders or other Halloween trinkets What to do Position two chairs a few feet apart with backs facing each other. Tie the end of a ball of yarn to one of the rungs of the chair and start weaving and wrapping [Continue Reading]
Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers
Fine motor activities for preschoolers are so much fun because kids have slightly longer attention spans and can be more independent than our younger toddler friends. This post contains affiliate links. Read more. The preschool years are jam-packed with fine motor skill development as kids refine their grasping skills, develop more precise coordination, and get ready for “big kid” activities like handwriting. I love to bring fun fine motor activities like the ones below into the preschool classrooms where I work, introducing them during [Continue Reading]
Fine Motor Skills Activities for 2 and 3-Year-Olds
These fine motor skills activities are great for helping 2 and 3-year-olds develop hand strength, coordination, and manipulation skills. By 2 or 3 years of age, kids’ fine motor skills have developed to the point where they can engage in all kinds of play activities and functional tasks that let them get a little taste of independence. And the more they’re exposed to fun fine motor skills activities, the more developed their skills will become. Laying the foundation now is essential for the [Continue Reading]
2 and 3-Year-Old Milestones
Learn more about what to expect for 2-year-old milestones and 3-year-old milestones. For kids ages 2 and 3, it’s all about play! After conquering those milestones of toddler development, by ages 2 to3 kids become increasingly independent and are able to engage in play activities for longer periods of time without needing so much guidance. And when they are playing, they are learning! The learning is happening not only in their minds, but also in their bodies. Coordination, balance, and motor planning skills [Continue Reading]
12 Fine Motor Activities for Toddlers
These fine motor activities for toddlers are the perfect way to strengthen fine motor skills, getting little hands and fingers ready for later-developing skills like holding a pencil and completing clothing fasteners. *This post contains affiliate links. Learn more. We’ve already talked about how toddlers love to move and explore. Kids this age are learning so much about the world and a big part of this involves fine motor skills: being able to grasp and manipulate the objects that interest them. [Continue Reading]
How to Keep Your Baby Smiling During Tummy Time
Learn more about tummy time and how to make this important developmental experience more fun and comfortable for your little one! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Tummy Time These days babies spend a lot of their time in carriers, car seats, and strollers. Add to this the increased awareness of the “Back to Sleep” campaign that promotes sleeping babies on their backs to decrease the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and what’s the result? Babies are spending too [Continue Reading]
Printable Activities for Kids: Seed Collections
We love fun and simple printable activities for kids. These seed collection printables are the perfect way to say hello to spring! I’ll admit it. I don’t have much of a green thumb. I’ve killed more houseplants than I care to remember and last year our vegetable garden yielded a whopping six cherry tomatoes – and that was it. Luckily, there is still lots of fun to be had with seeds, leaves and flowers outside of the garden with all [Continue Reading]
Motor Planning Game for Kids: Ring Around the Posies!
This fun motor planning game is the perfect way to welcome spring! The other day, I was working with a child that really needs help with motor planning and moving his body from one point to another in challenging positions. He appears very typical when he simply walks from point A to point B but if I ask him to do a jumping jack or crab walk or even run through a few cones it’s a motor planning nightmare! As a pediatric physical [Continue Reading]
Visual Motor Integration: Easter Egg Drawing Activity
This fun visual motor integration activity is a fun way to promote prewriting skills and more! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Decorating eggs is a sure sign of Easter and for me, Easter means SPRING!! I am SOOOOO ready for spring this year! We are adding some visual motor integration practice to traditional egg decorating today with a fun drawing activity that will result in unique, beautiful, hand-drawn eggs. Print off a few of our free printables and throw a bunch of [Continue Reading]