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...
Ants in the salt tray plus more
Exploring ants in circletime then working on prewriting skills as we explore ants in the salt tray!
Squeezable and colorful water play
Exploring squeezable colored water play fun in preschool!
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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