Looking for fun pumpkin activities for kids? This fun activity is great for building fine motor skills with a fun fall theme! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Pumpkin Activities: Pick a Pumpkin! Lately I’ve been looking around for new pumpkin activities to try with my kids at school to work on developing their fine motor skills. So many of the kids I see for occupational therapy struggle with fine motor coordination, grasping skills, and in hand manipulation skills, [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]
Halloween Fine Motor Activities: Vampire Teeth
Looking for fun Halloween fine motor activities? You’ve come to the right place! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. We’re all about using simple Halloween manipulatives to create fun and spooky activities for kids. And we’re willing to bet that you’ve never thought of using this old classic Halloween prop for some Halloween fine motor fun! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: –Plastic vampire fangs -Halloween sensory bin (e.g. dried black beans and plastic spiders) or craft items (spider rings, skeletons, etc.) [Continue Reading]
Halloween Activities for Kids: 3 Fun Ways to Spin a Web
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]
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]
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]
Child Development: Kids and Clothing Fasteners
If you’re a mom or a teacher (or anyone who’s around kids a lot), you know how long it can take to get everyone dressed and out the door in the morning. Use this activity to teach kids to zip and button! *This post contains affiliate links. Read more. When it’s cold outside and extra layers of clothing are piled on, things take even longer. Most preschoolers are ready to start taking some of this process into their own hands (literally!) [Continue Reading]