Fine Motor Activities: these are smaller movements of the hands that involve picking up small objects. These tasks help in the development of a grip for holding a pencil as well as refining finger control for use of a keyboard/computer.
Easy:
- Stringing ziti pasta
- Placing pipe cleaners through a strainer
- Stringing beads on a pipe cleaner
- Stringing beads on a thin piece of spaghetti
- Stacking blocks
- Stacking plastic cups to build a building
- Placing small rocks or pom poms into an empty plastic bottle
- Placing small rocks, beads, or pom poms into an empty paper towel tube
Links:
40 Fine Motor Skills Activities - The Imagination Tree
theimaginationtree.com › 40-fine-motor-skills-activities-for-kids
Improve Kids Fine Motor Skills with 30 Materials & Activities ...
handsonaswegrow.com › fine-motor-skills-activities
***All activities require supervision by an adult.