Fine Motor Skills

Easter for preschoolers

Easter ideas for preschoolers : Pouring glue decoration

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There are so many ways to use Easter eggs with preschoolers. They can be used for learning activities like name recognition activity or fine motor activities like rubber band activity.  These simple Easter ideas for preschoolers were thoroughly enjoyed by my preschooler.  This time we decorated our Easter egg by pouring glue over it. Easter ideas for preschoolers! Materials …

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Easter activities for preschoolers

Preschool rubber band activities : Easter egg

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Rubber band helps kids to improve their hand strength. It also helps in developing their fine motor skills. We had used rubber bands in our homemade geo board. Now, we played with rubber bands and Easter egg. These preschool rubber band activities are simple to set up which is definitely a bonus. Preschool rubber band …

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Plastic Easter egg activities : Hands on name recognition

Easter egg activities : Name recognition

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The cheap plastic Easter eggs can be used for art ideas and learning activities. We had painted them with nail polish and decorated them with aluminium foil.  Now, we used it for a name recognition activity. This idea can be tailored for sight words or math. These Easter egg activities are simple to set up but …

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Rainbow game preschool

Rainbow activities : A dice game

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Rainbow activities are colorful. I created a simple dice game for my preschooler. It was a  hit as it involved rainbow colors, dice and clothespins. This simple game is good for color recognition and fine motor skill. Rainbow activities! Materials needed to setup this simple play idea: Popsicle sticks/craft sticks Acrylic paint Paint Brush Dice …

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Simple weaving ideas for kids

Weaving for kids: Woven Clover

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Weaving is one of the most important inventions in the human history. Simple weaving activities teach the basic concept of weaving. It is very simple to learn. I have shared a lot of ideas related to weaving for kids like – heart weaving and cereal box basket. Today I am sharing how to create a woven …

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Tissue paper sun catcher shamrock

Simple tissue paper suncatcher : Shamrock

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The weather was pretty good over the weekend! It was in mid 50s and sun was shinning. Not bad for February! We made the classic and  simple tissue paper suncatcher in shamrock shape to decorate our window. It is very beautiful when the sun shines through it! Simple tissue paper suncatcher! Affiliation links are used …

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Montessori lacing activity ideas for preschool

St.Patrick’s day Shamrock lacing activity

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Today’s post is about a lacing activity which is a Montessori inspired idea. St.Patrick’s day Shamrock lacing activity can be customized for any shapes.   St.Patrick’s day Shamrock lacing activity! Materials needed to set up lacing activity: A thin cardboard – we used an empty pasta box Green construction paper Shoe lace Hole punch School glue …

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Geo board ideas for kids

Valentines day fine motor activity : Geoboard heart

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My preschooler needs a lot of activities to develop her fine motor skills. I believe Valentines day is not just about sharing gifts and cards. We can create so many fun developmental activities around it. I created a heart Geoboard for my preschooler. This Valentines day fine motor activity is easy to create and provides …

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Valentine literacy activities for preschool

Valentines day literacy activity – Yarn heart

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I  like to sneak in some learning into our activities whenever possible. We made a yarn heart which gives a good workout on fine motor skills. I made it a sight word activity for my preschooler to make it a valentines day literacy activity. You can just make the yarn heart which is suitable for …

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Summer activities for preschool

Color sorting activities : Ice Play

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Color sorting activities are enjoyed by toddlers and preschoolers. We can slightly twist the color sorting activities to develop other skills like fine motor skills. I was little hesitant about setting up a color sorting activity for my preschooler thinking it might be very simple for her, but she enjoyed to the core.  Color Sorting Activities! …

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