Fine Motor Skills

Twisting items is a tricky little skill that we depend upon most often when opening containers. It is a life skill, really~you have to be able to open the milk …

Lacing is a classic fine motor activity for preschoolers. Manipulating the string in and out of the holes takes a lot of effort for little fingers. It strengthens dexterity, hand-eye …

Pinching items and picking them up requires children to use their pincer grasp. It's one of the first fine motor skills your child really develops as a baby, mainly to …

Raise your hand if the thought of giving your child scissors makes you cringe! Scissors and little hands make a lot of people nervous...me included. The first few times Jonah …

As soon as Asher could crawl, he found my magazine basket; he would make a beeline for it every chance he got. Those crinkly pages were just too tempting to …

Whether you love it or cringe at the thought of cleaning it up, there's no denying playdough and fine motor skills go hand in hand. Poking, squishing, and rolling "snakes" …

I'll never forget my first day of teaching kindergarten in an inner-city school with struggling students, half of whom didn't speak English when they walked in my classroom. As I …

Using some of our old magazines, we went on a letter hunt the first week of homeschool. Since Jonah still really needs more practice cutting, I helped cut some of …

In my last post, I shared about Preschool Hammer Practice using common household items. Today, we're going to extend the activity by adding some letter sound practice! Prep your materials: …

One of Jonah's favorite things to do is practice using a hammer...preschool style. If we're working in the basement, he often asks for this activity to work alongside of us. …