Zipper - Fine Motor Activity

Zipping - Fine Motor Activity

Fine motor skills involve the use of the small muscles that control the hand, fingers, and thumb.

 They help children perform important tasks like feeding themselves, grasping toys, buttoning and zipping clothes, writing, drawing, and more. 

The ability to complete self-care and every day tasks helps a child’s self esteem and confidence to increase.

It’s important to start working with children on building their fine motor skills early on. 

Fine motor skills will develop and improve as they move through childhood. 

It just takes the right kind of practice. 

Activities to Develop Fine Motor Skills

1. Academic Activities

2. Coloring / Drawing

3. Cutting

4. Tracing

5. Writing

6. Using Glass Jewels

7. Activities with Snap Cubes

8. Play Dough Activities

9. Sorting Pom Poms / Objects with Play Tweezers

Self-Care Activities

10. Tying Shoes

11. Buttoning and Zipping Shirts and Jackets

12. Eating and Cutting Food

13. Brushing Hair and Teeth

14. Using the Toilet

Fine motor skills gradually build for children as they do activities to help strengthen their muscles and coordination.

 Make sure to keep the fine motor activities fun and change it up for your child!

 The more they want to play and explore with activities that build their fine motor skills, the more precise their movements will be.

Shapes Maze Pre Writing Activity - Fine Motor Activity

Mazes are a fun activity for children which helps them learn to manipulate their fingers and develop muscle tone, strength and balance. 

Problem-solving with mazes requires your child to interact and concentrate in a fun way. 

Age isn't necessarily an advantage when it comes to problem-solving in mazes - chances are your kid will beat you to the end.

There are a series of small muscles in his hands and fingers that need to be developed to help with handwriting. 

Fine motor activities, such as mazes, are the perfect way to help develop these muscles.

The mazes are actually a valuable learning tool for children.

In this maze the shapes concept has been included. 

So it has more additional benefits for the child.

Definitely the child will keep on repeating this particular activity for a certain amount of time.

Learning outcome:

For children, completing mazes is a great way to boost their problem solving skills.

Solving mazes also boosts their patience and persistence and teaches them about the rewards of work.

Mazes can also help improve a child's cognitive thought processes.

Solving mazes are wonderful for improving hand-eye coordination.

Concentrating on a maze also helps with memory too.

Picking Wool - Fine Motor Activity

Picking wool - Fine Motor Activity

This is a quick and easy activity.

Woolen thread is the only thing need for this activity.

You can use tools also to pick the wools like tongs, tweezers, cloth clip etc according to your convinence.

Things needed for this activity:

1. Woolen Thread.

2. Scissors.

3. Containers.

Procedure:

Step 1:

Let the child cut the woolen thread using scissors.

It's also a good fine motor activity.

Step 2:

Ask the child to pick up the separate tiny woolen pieces in hand or clips or tongs etc and put it in the container.

It's a good and simple easy to go quick activity in our busy schedule.

It's helps the child to improve concentration, focus, patience too.

The woolen yarn is a good for sensory touch activity too. 

Learning Outcome:

1. Fine Motor Activity

2. Hand Eye Coordination

3. Problem Solving

4. Concentration

5. Focus

Tiny Square Mini Doodle - Fine Motor Activity

This activity is an easy go quick activity.

This can be prepared in few seconds.

Things needed for this activity:

1. White Paper.

2. Color Pen.

Procedure:

Step 1:

Draw horizontal and vertical lines to make a tiny squares in the paper.

Step 2:

Ask the child to doodle inside each tiny square.

Learning Outcome:

1. Fine Motor Activity.

2. Hand Eye Coordination Activity.

3. Focusing Activity.

4. Concentration Building Activity.

5. Pre Writing Activity.

6. Planning Activity.

7. Decision Making Activity.

8. Confident Building Activity.

Vehicle Yarn Warpping Activity - Fine Motor Activity

This activity is a simple activity.

Yarns and Vehicles are the stuffs used here.

Things needed for this activity:

1. Yarns

2. Vehicles

Secure the yarn to the back of the vehicle and warp away.

Allow the child to unwarp the vehicle.

The softness of the yarn running through the fingers feels great. 

Learning Outcome: 

1.Fine Motor Activity

2. Hand eye coordination

3. Sensory Experience

4. Colors.

Vehicle Tape Rescue Activity - Fine Motor Activity

The idea is simple.

Use Tape as an activity base.

The tape alone or the tape with toys makes awesome way to get kids working, focused and sitting still for half a second.

Things needed for this activity:

1. Tape

2. Vehicles

Stick the tapes on the vehicles and keep it.

Now the goal is to make the baby remove all the tapes on the vehicle.

It's a hard job and a tall order for little fingers to do that kind of work.

Learning Outcome:

1. Fine Motor Skill

2. Hand Eye Coordination

3. Vocabulary

4. Planning and decision making

5. Problem solving

Shapes Tracing Activity - Fine Motor Activity

Tracing is a great way to learn.

Tracing improves Visual Spatial Skills.

Tracing increases fine motor skills.

Tracing helps in developing Math and Literacy skills.

Tracing boosts Confidence.

Tracing is a Pre Writing Skill.

Tracing include improvement in Hand - eye coordination.

Things needed for this Activity:

1. White Paper

2. Color Pen

Procedure:

Step 1:

In the white paper mke dot patterns using colour pens.

Step 2:

The pattern may be shapes, letters, numbers, etc

Step 3:

Ask the child to trace the patterns.