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See our fun spike pulling with the playdoh hedgehog - great for developing fine motor skills
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This apple tree playdough game is a great way for preschoolers to practise colours, counting, and fine motor skills.
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A great way to keep kids busy, just rubber bands and a soup can from the pantry! A great fine motor activity to keep them busy when you need a little time.
Big M LOVES to craft, and more and more often, wants to do every part of it herself. This includes using scissors. I first introduced her to scissors about a year ago, and it lead to more frustration than fun. However, over the last 12 months, with the help of…
This Fine Motor Pick & Pull activity is a versatile way to appeal to your toddlers latest, trending interests. Using what you have at home already, there is no fancy equipment required to set up this fun activity!
Get ready for summer with these 15 pool noodle activities that teach preschoolers, pre-k, and kindergarten students!
Fine motor color sorting for kids
I love seeing a child's self portrait, & the way in which they see themselves. Minnie has drawn & painted a self portrait before, but this was the first time she's created one using play dough! I set out this selection of materials that could be used to represent facial features, hair, etc, & added our homemade play dough. We looked in a mirror together & talked about our faces, & Minnie named her facial features as we chatted. We looked at the differences & similarities in each others faces, & briefly discussed the shapes, colours & sizes that we noticed. Minnie was keen to "make her own face", & we talked about what a self portrait was. She keenly grabbed handfuls of play dough & squashed it to make her face shape. At first every art material available was being added, so we took another look at our facial features again in the mirror. She was particularly fascinated by her eyes & spent a while studying these before creating her portrait. She added pasta shapes for her hair & decorated her locks with flowers. I love her beautiful flower eyes which were finished off later with conkers! As she made the mouth she pushed a thin lolly stick in saying; "Open wide! Don't worry I'm a dentist & I just want to check your teeth. Say aah!!" (It's always a joy to catch spontaneous imaginative play!) Here's Minnie's first self portrait! Here next self-portrait was accompanied by a story too. As she used handfuls of rosemary to represent her hair she said "I have very messy hair today, it's grown very long & keeps getting in my eyes!" When I asked if her play dough face was happy or sad ( I could clearly see it wasn't happy!) she said; "It's sad because I can't see! The hair covers up my eyes!" The play dough self-portrait then needed to look in the mirror to see their sad mouth! These play dough portraits soon had everyone busy & became an activity for all the family! Here's Daddy's self-portrait. (I have to say it doesn't really do him justice!) ;-) Minnie was keen to take Daddy's apart to explore the patterns in the dough made by pasta! Here's my self-portrait... stunning I know! Ha! Soon Minnie was creating play dough portraits for other people. Here's her portrait of Daddy! Love the shell features! We're going to print this image onto card to make a Father's Day card for him on Sunday! Minnie's Godmother had a baby this week, so guess who Minnie created next! We had a photo of the baby (just hours old) on my phone which Minnie examined carefully before producing this portrait. The small blob of play dough at the top is the baby's woolly hat! To explore play dough portraits in a slightly different way I printed off a few of these blank face templates (A5 size) & added a couple of googly eyes. These are great for recognising, naming, & positioning facial features, as well as exploring a variety of facial expressions & feelings/emotions. And here's another face template minus the googly eyes. A creative way to explore the part to whole relationship, colours, shapes, & size, number, pairs etc. Portraiture is a great way for young children to explore the concept of self, as well as different art forms. Using the play dough to create self portraits added an extra sensory dimension the the activity. The dough & the additional natural materials offered a variety of textures to discover, as did the patterns created in the dough. Maths, language, physical development (fine motor) PSE, problem solving, creative & imaginative development can all be explored in this simple play dough activity. Have you taken the Play Dough Pledge yet? Why not have a go at creating your own portraits & create a play dough family art gallery! Or share your mini masterpieces on our facebook page.
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This simple threading activity using cut straws and pipe cleaners is great for developing fine motor skills and coordination in children of all ages.
Here is one of the projects I presented at my conference sessions. It's a papier mache mask based on an ancient Teotihuacan mask. I find it artistically interesting because of the use of a mosaic on the mask, that's not something you see everyday. Here is a picture of the original. This project was part of my "From Primitive to Post Modern" session. One of the advantages to this project is that because it is based on an ancient mask that is showing some decay or wear, the mosaic does not have to be fully finished. Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico Pigorini, Roma There is also a paper version I'll show you how to do at the end in case your are not up for papier mache. Before I start with the "how to" I have another featured Design post on the Hive right now that you might want to check out. the product I'm testing is Aleene's Paper Napkin Applique Glue and I show how to make this Star Wars book bag. MATERIALS REQUIRED: Papier Mache Version - a cardboard box - mask stencil that you will make - paper towels - newspaper - tape - white school glue - water and a recycled container - black paint, tempera or acrylic - red and green tempera paint - copies of archaeological maps, #1, #2 - white paper, posterboard, or bristol - string - red beads PROCEDURE: Take a piece of paper (8.5 X 11) and fold in half. Draw out 1/2 of the mask shape including an eye and mouth. Use the fold as the middle of the mask. Cut out your stencil. Take your cardboard box and tape your stencil on the side utilizing the corner to run down that middle line of your mask. Trace out the shape and then cut from the box. By using the corner you build in the angular shape to the mask. Roll up a piece of newspaper and tape into place for the nose. Using a 1 to 1 ratio mix up the white glue and water into your recycled container. Cut some strips from the paper towels and begin maching the mask. Try to overlap the strips in a criss cross manner. You only need about 1 to 2 coats here. Now you may find you cardboard starting to sag a bit, losing that angular shape due to the moisture so prop it into shape and leave to dry. Should only take about 24 hrs. To add an extra layer of meaning to your mask print off copies of the actual archaeological maps of the Teotihuacan site. (check google images) Paint these with the green and red tempera paint. We will use these papers for our mosaic. Let dry. In the meantime paint your mask black. Using posterboard, wc paper, or bristol tape in sections of paper on to the eye holes. Paint in some eyes on the paper. Lots of room here for different expressions. Take your red and green paper and cut into strips and then into squares. You don't want them to all be the same size. Make sure to keep about 1/2 a page of the red paper in reserve. Start gluing your mosaic into place. you can follow the design of the original or come up with your own. Take the reserved red paper and cut into long skinny triangles. Apply a little glue on the back and roll onto a pencil or knitting needle starting with the wide end. This will make some beads for the necklace. When you have a few beads tape a string under the jaw of the mask on one side. Line up your beads, (both your handmade ones as well as some pony beads and/or buttons). String these onto your piece of string and then secure the end on the other side of the jaw. Finally you can add a coat of Mod Podge if you wish. MATERIALS REQUIRED: Paper Version - black paper - pencil and eraser - red, green and white tempera paint - copies of archaeological maps - glue - white pencil crayon - white paper - black sharpie, pencil crayon, PROCEDURE: Take a sheet of black paper and trace out your mask shape in pencil. Using the white liquid tempera paint, paint in your eyes. Start gluing on your mosaic design. With paint, sharpie, or black pencil crayon color in your eyes. When the mosaic is dry cut out mask. You can add some detail with the white pencil crayon if you wish. Glue to a contrasting background. That's it.
Simple engineering STEM challenge, busy bag, and fine motor activity for kids using pool noodles and pipe cleaners
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See fine motor morning work in action in this kindergarten classroom. Gain ideas and activities to use in your own classroom.
