Squeezable and colorful water play
Exploring squeezable colored water play fun in preschool!
The development of fine motor skills is an important part of early learning and there are many ways to promote fine motor skills through fun, playful, and interesting hands on activities. If you would like to learn more about Fine Motor Play then read this post: Every Day Fine Motor Play!
See the fine motor posts I have shared below...
Fine motor acorn play
Collecting, counting, and tweezing acorns in the summer time – isn’t this supposed to be a fall activity?
Flower challenge | Fine motor flower fun
This simple flower idea is a terrific way to combine scientific discovery with fine motor fun!
DIY sewing frame for preschoolers
Working on our sewing skills with our DIY sewing frame and some yarn in preschool!
Everyday fine motor play in preschool
Discover ways to promote fine motor development and the role fine motor skills in handwriting.
Fine motor turkeys in preschool
Simple and last minute fine motor thanksgiving or turkey activities for preschool!
Teach Preschool in the news: Promoting prewriting skills
Teach Preschool in the news: Deborah shares how to promote prewriting skills for young children in this Fox 59 news segment!
Cutting flower stems in preschool
Perhaps I should have titled this post “Attempting to cut flower stems in preschool” because child scissors don’t make much of a dent in the stems. Figuring Things Out However,
A kitchen timer and a preschooler
The use of an egg timer to promote play and learning in preschool!
A bundle of fun with these crayons in preschool
Our students love to color so we thought during our color review week, we would mix it up a little and let them try coloring with crayon bundles…. In almost
My busy book: sewing
Sewing can be a challenge for any preschooler so I have tried to simplify the process a bit and add it to a busy book… For sewing cards – I
Activities to promote development and Deborah in the News
I had the opportunity to be on Fox 59 Morning News! I was pretty nervous and we had to move so fast that I couldn’t remember what I wanted to
Working on weaving in preschool
I have learned so much from others since I started Teach Preschool. I am always amazing at the creativity of all the other bloggers out there and I am constantly
Colorful fine motor play in preschool
The children have been exploring this wonderful color matching game…. Here’s another fine motor game you can try with your students! The game board was colored with markers
Playing with pompoms in preschool
We have a basket filled with colorful pompoms for the children to play with in the classroom… Each child grabs a supply of pompoms to begin with and places the
G is for Green grass cutting skills in preschool
I like to work on a little snipping practice when first introducing cutting skills to young children. To try a little green grass snipping, start with a half sheet of
The value of scooping and pouring and counting candy corn in preschool
There are many values in sensory play! If there is one area in my own professional development that I have come to appreciate more than ever, it is the value
G is for gumball counting in preschool
The children spent time doing a little counting as they played with play dough… There are many ways to reinforce counting with young children but some of the best ideas
Lacing up apples in preschool
The theme of the week for this class has been apples. I happen to be a huge fan of all the fun things you can do with apples so I
Folding paper in preschool
Folding paper is a great way to help young children work on those fine motor skills as well as a way to give children guides for processes like writing, sorting,
Helping young children solve puzzles in preschool
I can’t remember who taught me this little technique for teaching preschoolers how to manage a puzzle but it is a technique I have used for many years with much
Tools to promote fine motor skills in preschool
This may just look like an empty blue ice tray but if you stop and think about how it can be used to promote fine motor skills or sorting skills,
Preschoolers can make their own lines in preschool
A focus on coloring within the lines will not lead towards creative expression, imagination, and the ability to think outside of the lines!
Preschoolers need opportunities to develop their cutting skills
Give your preschoolers opportunities to develop their cutting skills but before you do so consider a few of the following suggestions: Make sure scissors will actually cut. If you can’t