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Fine Motor Skills – DIY Cutting Station
When I was a director of a large childcare center one of my 3 year old classes had a cutting bucket. It was a huge bucket with piles of scrap paper in it and three pairs of scissors tied to it. Kids...
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Flower Lab – Explore With Nature Activity
Kids love to tinker and take things apart but you don’t have to stick to mechanical things they can take apart natural things too. This is a great nature activity for a rainy summer day when you still...
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LEGO Challenge for Beginners -Fine Motor Skill Development
My 4 year old has just started playing with LEGO. As much as I loathe the whole pink LEGO and pink everything that is marketed to girls when she asked for this set there was no way I was saying no. I...
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Twig & Bead Fairy Wands
I love exploring in the woods and while my children enjoy it they take it for granted. I love finding new ways to get them exploring their own environment and finding creative ways to use what we have...
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Sticker Station – Easy Fine Motor Activity
I love stickers and not just because of their power to reward kids with something small that isn’t sugar but because they pack a lot of punch in the fine motor skills department. Peeling those little...
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Fingerpaint & Fine Motor Acorn Craft
Even though we don’t see many acorns around here we still love creating fun acorn crafts like this simple fine motor acorn craft. We love mixing colors and I wanted to incorporate making the color...
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Halloween Lego Challenge
Since we posted our first Lego Challenge for preschoolers my daughter and I have been doing these little challenges a lot. They are simple to put together and she loves them. I decided to kick it up a...
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Cork Board Spider Web Craft
This spider web craft is not only an adorable addition to your Halloween craft display ( am I the only one with a mantel full of kid made stuff? ) it is also a wonderful activity that develops the...
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Princess Playdough Activity For Kids
My daughter loves princesses and when we were buying leaf cookie cutters for my classroom a few weeks ago she spied this pink crown cookie cutter and HAD to have it. At our house cookie cutters are not...
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Our Favorite Fine Motor Activities of 2014
I try to work in activities with some element of fine motor work every day. It’s not hard when you have a child who loves to draw and color but when you don’t you might need to get a little more...
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Easy Gem Letters – Alphabet Activities
Playing and creating with letters has been a fun way for my children and students over the years to get comfortable with letters, learn their shapes, and spark discussion about letters as we craft. As...
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Valentine’s Day Lego Challenge For Girls and Boys
Lego Challenges have become a great way for me to get a few minutes to check email while completely thrilling my daughter. She loves these simple challenges and for good reason, she is really good at...
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LEGO Game – Roll, Build, and Create!
LEGO is huge at our house. Even if some of their marketing to girls efforts miss the mark ( did you read this?), the toy is still amazing for boys and girls. LEGO is creative as well as great for...
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Seed Sorting Activity Tray
My class is learning about gardens right now and this week we are focusing on seeds and how they grow into plants. This seed sorting activity tray will be used during free choice and I will be withins...
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Princess Slime with dig and find gems.
Playing with slime is such a soothing activity for children and in my experience adding small items to it makes it even more calming. For my children focusing on digging items out of the slime takes...
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Sticky Wing Dragonfly Craft
My daughter and I made this dragonfly craft together ages ago but sometimes crafts get skipped and we never post them. I have been waiting all winter to post this one and now that it is almost summer...
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Spring Flower Fine Motor Tray Activity
This super simple spring activity packs some wonderful skill practice for both hand eye coordination and fine motor skills. As children find and fit the flowers into the holes they are using their hand...
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Stitched Apple – Preschool Sewing Activity
I was originally going to cut burlap into circles to make these apple crafts but when I was at the dollar store looking for Halloween supplies ( blogger have to plan ahead…) I saw these non-slip...
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Fine Motor Activities That Develop Pre-Writing Skills
Whether we like it or not kids are being asked to write at earlier and earlier ages but that doesn’t mean we have to push worksheets at them and force them to pick up little pencils before they are...
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Fine Motor Activity with Letter Sounds
Opening and closing these little pill boxes is tough for adults with good dexterity, and poses a real challenge for children still working on their finger strength, which is why I used one to make this...
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