Posts Tagged ‘Fine motor activities’

This activity is great for fine motor practice and is a prelude to building handwriting skills. The activity is also great for teaching children about shape names too. You can also swap the shapes for letters and have the children trace the sound of the day. It is important to make the laminates large and colourful.

Activity: Children use their finger tips to pinch open the pegs and carefully clip them to a washing line. Just as with threading, hand and eye coordination is needed. Differentiation: Pegs vary a lot. From a child friendly large plastic type, to smaller wooden ones with stronger springs. Using a different pegs with more resistance…