This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

You can hammer golf tees into the ground with kids to work on fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. Great idea for preschoolers!

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

These are the best pencil grasp toys, recommended by an occupational therapist. Includes WHY these toys support a better pencil grip.

This week, the Preschool Book Club brings you activities and crafts based on the book, Ish by Peter H. Reynolds. What a great message this book has! We loved reading Ish (again and again!) and came up with our take on the book and it’s encouragement of creative flow to build Ish-inspired block structures. Our ... Read more

These bilateral coordination activities are bilateral movement strategies to help kids demonstrate bimanual coordination skills.

Today we’re sharing rainbow stacking cups, possibly one of the simplest learning activities that we’ve put together. These DIY stacking cups are a wonderful way for teaching rainbow order, and so much fun to play with over and over again. Kids can benefit from the motor planning benefits of this activity too, working on gross ... Read more

These bilateral coordination activities are bilateral movement strategies to help kids demonstrate bimanual coordination skills.

These bilateral coordination activities are bilateral movement strategies to help kids demonstrate bimanual coordination skills.

Play dough is such a fun way to play and learn. We are big fans of the fine motor fun to be had with play dough. In fact, we’ve done other fine motor color matching activities with play dough before. Color matching with play dough is a fun way for preschoolers and toddlers to learn colors and so ... Read more

A common challenge for many children is letter b and d reversals. When kids first learn to write, is is very common for them to reverse letter b and d. Here, we are talking specific multisensory strategies to address reversal of these tricky letters. b and d reversals Letter b-d reversals are very common among ... Read more

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

If you’re a frequent visitor to this blog, you know that we LOVE our fine motor play activities! We are very into playing with household items and recycled materials (aka FREE stuff) in our play, crafts, and activities. We’re joining so many other bloggers in 26 activities using everyday household items with one focus: Fine ... Read more

Fine motor play for toddlers is a win in our house. Toddlers seem to love moving, scooping, dropping, and sorting items, so why not incorporate fine motor skills into the activity? Looking for more creative ideas for toddlers? Try these ones. Fine Motor Work for Toddlers and Preschoolers This activity is so easy to ... Read more

Did you ever do an activity with the kids that was such a hit, that the kids ask to re-do the activity over and over and over again? This one is it for us. There is rarely a day that goes by that I don’t hear about our smashing apples activity. Especially if we happen ... Read more

We made these dyed lollipop sticks last month and have been playing with them a lot. Counting, patterns, fine motor play, art, visual perceptual work, and imagination are fun with these colorful rainbow sticks. They are so easy to dye with just a little food coloring, and very fun. We’ve used these rainbow sticks in ... Read more

We do a ton of painting in our house. This painting activity was very fun for Baby Girl. We used a few recycled lids and bottle caps to create this art and had a blast! Use this as a creative painting activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Stamp art for kids Pour a little paint onto ... Read more

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

This winter snowflake art is a snowflake craft that kids can make and work on fine motor skills through sensory play.

This massive collection of fine motor activities includes everything you need to know about fine motor skills in kids.

Have you read the book, “The Day the Crayons Quit”? This is SUCH a cute book from the crayons’ point of view. They are TIRED of coloring the same old pictures the same old colors. Why does the Yellow crayon have to color the sun? And why can’t the Black crayon color a beach ball? ... Read more

We made our own colorful glass gems to use on a light table for a sensory activity and creative painting activity. These glass gems are fun to make and build fine motor skills. Glass Gems Do you have a light box or ever used one? It’s a super cool way to play, learn, and explore. ... Read more