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Fine Motor Development: Hand & Wrist Strengthening SkillsBelow is a list of various activities and exercises which your child can perform to improve such skills as fine motor coordination and strengthening. These are just a variety of ideas that may help your child. Have fun!
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Dot-to-Dot
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Stencils/Tracers
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Spirograph
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Learn to draw books-Using shapes to draw
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Play Doh
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Paint/Color by numbers
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Scissors activities
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Origami
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Colorforms
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Construction Kits
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Legos & other building materials
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Magnadoodle/Etch-A-Sketch
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Sidewalk chalk
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Keyboard activities
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Pick up Sticks
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Lacing cards
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Woodworking play toys: hammer, screwdriver, etc
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Coloring, drawing, tracing
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Use Soft balls/Stress balls
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Work on easel or slant board
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Work drawing on belly
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Sky writing/drawing
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Use short pencils, crayons, chalk
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Encourage child to color hard or soft and to notice a difference
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Tearing & crumbling tissue paper
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Finger touching: touch each finger to thumb
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Trace lines & shapes
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Use water color paint brush to write or draw
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Bingo/Dot markers to trace numbers letters or fill in coloring book
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Puzzles, card games
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Shaving cream, Sand, & Rice: Imitate letters, shapes, numbers
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Coin translation: Bring coin from pal to finger tips using only finger tips
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Line up 10-20 coins: Using fingertips to turn over as quickly as possible
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Clothespins: Open & Close to grasp and pass things (like pom poms)
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Use tweezers to pick up small objects like cotton balls, foamies, buttons
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Water toys/Squeeze sponge out
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Eye dropper: Drop specific amounts of water out of an eye dropper
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Manipulate small objects in games like: Jenga, Operation, Marbles, Ants in Pants
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Finger Play/Puppets
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Open/Close variety of containers
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Baking: recipes that require kneading, mixing, etc.
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Use rolling pin to flatten clay, play doh, putty, crackers, etc. Use palms on pin instead of hold handles
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Play tug of war with small hard to grip items like: coffee stirrers, laces, etc.
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Donkey Kicks: Kick feet up while placing weight on palms
Feel free to ask questions or comment about your experiences! Most of all...Have fun!Sincerely,The Kindergarten Teachers -
Last Modified on July 28, 2022