This post is FULL of simple activities for your child or students to develop the muscles in their fingers and hands. With fine motor control and strength, your child/student (among other things) will learn to grasp a pencil correctly and write legibly.
A quick trip to the Dollar Store allowed me to find the materials I need to demonstrate a few fine motor activities.
This is a very simple activity that only costs a $2.00:) Using beads and pipe cleaners, your children/students can develop their fine motor skills by making bracelets. For an added challenge, ask your child/student to create a pattern with the colors. Molding clay and/or play-dough is also beneficial in strengthening hand and finger muscles. I picked up a package of clay because it takes more strength to mold clay than regular play-dough. Have your child/student use his/her creativity to mold the clay into people, animals, letters, etc...
At Lakeshore I bought a package of Fine Motor Tweezer Tongs. These are ideal for preschool age students. You can order this useful tool online by clicking here on Lakeshore.
When your child is able to utilize and manipulate objects with these tongs easily, he or she can use smaller tweezers which require greater strength and coordination.
Fill up a container with pompoms or other objects. Your child/student needs to use the tweezers to transfer the objects from one place or container to another.
It may be fun for your child/students to fill up a muffin tin with the pom-poms or objects.
For an added challenge place dominoes in the muffin tin.
Your child/student must count the number of dots on the domino and fill each section of the muffin tin with the correct number of pom-poms.
Have fun!!
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