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My 5 Favourite Fine Motor Activities

I love some fine motor fun. The bonus is that when you are engaging in fine motor activities, you are not only building their fine motor development, but often extending their cognitive processes and skills such as problem solving, curiosity, experimentation and more.

For those teachers in Early Childhood, who want to be able to link this back to the Early Years Learning Framework, it is all under Outcome 4 [wink, wink].

1. Number Pop-Its + Pom Poms. All the fun with this one! This one really promotes hands-on experiences which allow children in this case explore mathematical concepts in a visual manner, because we all know that abstract thinking doesn’t start for most kids until 7 years and beyond. It allows them to use the tweezers to grab the pom poms to solve the problems for those bigger kids. And for our younger ones, they might be filling the numbers with the correct number of pom poms.

The number 1, 2 and 3 are laid out with the addition symbol and equals symbol placed between each number to create the mathematical equation of 1 + 2 = 3. There are then pom poms in each - number 1 has one pom pom; 2 has two pom poms and 3 has 3 pom poms. There are tweezers and a bowl full of brightly coloured pom poms also displayed.
2. Letter Boards + Loose Parts or Playdough. Assist younger children to start building their awareness of how letters are formed by providing them with the opportunity to use a range of different loose parts to create different letters. As they get older you might provide them with whiteboard markers that they can use to trace over the laminated letter and begin to refine those fine motor skills even further.

The letter 'M' has been created using lines of yellow playdough.
3. Washi Tape + Loose Parts. Grab some washi tape (we love the bright colours) and create shapes or letters or numbers and then add some loose parts that can be used and placed along the tape. You can even encourage the kids to colour match while they are building their fine motor skills (in particular their pincer grip).

Sommer's daughter is using a pincer grip to move the loose part materials to place them along the lines created with washi tape for a fun fine motor activity.
4. Scissors + Playdough. Who doesn’t love rolling out some play dough and then snipping it into pieces? No one. You can use it to build on literacy and mathematical concepts.

Pink, green and blue playdough is on a bright yellow mat with blue scissors which are open. There are lines on the playdough to show where cuts can be made to build on fine motor skills.
5. Droppers + Watercolour Paint. Allows for colour mixing which builds on hypothesising and experimenting with their creativity. But also extends on their fine motor skills as they use the droppers to squeeze the paint up and then back out again!

Sommer's daughter is using an eye dropped filled with orange water coloured paint and dropping onto a blue fish to build her fine motor development and skills.

Have you tried any of these fine motor activities? What would be in your top 5?

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  1. Mackenzie says

    November 16, 2021 at 10:26 am

    Hi There, just wondering where you got the number pop its from? Also, absolutely love that I’ve found your account!

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    • Sommer says

      November 16, 2021 at 4:18 pm

      Hi Mackenzie!

      They were from shein https://au.shein.com/15pcs-Number-Push-Pop-Bubble-p-3467530-cat-2260.html

      Sommer

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