Fine Motor Skills Activities Using Velcro Rollers- Fine Motor Fridays
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Fine Motor Skills Activities Using Velcro Rollers- Fine Motor Fridays

Welcome back to our collaborative Fine Motor Fridays series! We’re back with another fun fine motor skills activity, this time using something a lot of moms may have laying around the house- Velcro rollers! My hair is naturally wavy/curly…but not the kind that looks nice without some taming. So I’ve had these Velcro rollers sitting in my…

The Best Fine Motor Skills Activities of 2013 (A Fine Motor Fridays Linky!)
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The Best Fine Motor Skills Activities of 2013 (A Fine Motor Fridays Linky!)

Back in October I started this series with a group of fabulous bloggers with the idea that we would post a new Fine Motor Skills post every Friday that month. We all had so much fun with it that we just kept going with it. There are so many places for inspiring activities to help your little ones…

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Fine Motor Christmas Game- Fine Motor Fridays

This week for Fine Motor Fridays I have a Fine Motor Christmas Game that can be used for a wide range of ages, from baby to preschoolers. For babies you could use it to work on pincer grasp, for toddlers or preschoolers you could use it to practice with any number of tools- tweezers, chopsticks, clothespins- whatever you…

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Fine Motor Christmas Art Projects [Fine Motor Fridays]

Welcome to the mega, super, awesome Fine Motor Fridays- Christmas Roundup Edition! I am teaming up with the usual (awesome blogger) suspects to bring you a “progressive roundup,” if you will, of Fine Motor Christmas Activities! Each blogger has chosen a different fine motor skills topic and has compiled an inspiring list of activities from…

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3 Fun Christmas Cutting Practice Activities

Christmas is a fun time of year for kids. We do plenty of activities throughout the season that are purely for fun, but I do try to sprinkle in some things that help my kids learn or develop in a fun way. To that end, we are doing some fun Christmas Cutting Practice Activities this…

Christmas Crafts for Kids – Handprint Wreaths
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Christmas Crafts for Kids – Handprint Wreaths

  We are settling into the holiday season with Christmas right around the corner. Ladybug’s Preschool has started doing Christmas Crafts for Kids so we’re doing some at home as well. You know how I love sneaking in extra fine motor skills when we do activities and art projects and three-year olds like the variety and…

Cranberry Fine Motor Games (Fine Motor Fridays)
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Cranberry Fine Motor Games (Fine Motor Fridays)

Welcome back to Fine Motor Fridays, a collaborative series that brings you new Fine Motor Activities every week! This week we are in the Thanksgiving mood so we have been playing some Fine Motor Games using Cranberries! Last week I was completely inspired by Sarah’s Cranberry Fine Motor Activities post so we got some cranberries…

Paper Punch Color Match Turkey- A Thanksgiving Fine Motor Activity for Kids
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Paper Punch Color Match Turkey- A Thanksgiving Fine Motor Activity for Kids

We are still on a fine motor skills kick in our house so I wanted to do a CUT-Punch-PASTE project to make a Thanksgiving Fine Motor Activity. I thought back to our L is for Leaf Paper Punch Puzzle and thought we could do something similar with turkey feathers. I put the whole thing on…

Fine Motor CUT Punch PASTE Grocery Store Play for Kids
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Fine Motor CUT Punch PASTE Grocery Store Play for Kids

  Here we are again to bring you some fun Fine Motor Activities for Kids on Fine Motor Friday! Today we have an activity that includes cutting practice, squeezing paper punches, pasting, sorting and lots of fun! My preschooler still enjoys playing with her toy kitchen even though we have had it for two years. Lately…

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Birthday Themed Fine Motor Activities for Kids – Fine Motor Fridays

For this week’s Fine Motor Fridays post, I’m taking all those odds and ends left after a birthday party and using them for some fun fine motor activities for my three year old and one year old! Having had four kids birthday parties in our house, we have oodles of decorations, goody bag treats and…

Fine Motor Skills Activity Dashboard for Kids
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Fine Motor Skills Activity Dashboard for Kids

  Welcome back for week three of Fine Motor Fridays. Craftulate, And Next Comes L, Stir the Wonder and School Time Snippets are with me as well to share another round of new fine motor skills activities. This week I wanted to find a fun way for my three year old to practice twisting and turning….

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Pouring Practice Activities for Kids Using Plastic Animals- Fine Motor Fridays

Today I am sharing a really cute kids activity that will keep them engaged with tons of pretend play, and bonus, gives them tons of fine motor skills practice.  It’s the second week of our Fine Motor Fridays series! I’m teaming up once again with four other awesome kid bloggers- Craftulate, And Next Comes L,…

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Easy Fine Motor Activities Using Fresh Flowers [Fine Motor Fridays]

Hooray, today is the very first Fine Motor Fridays Post! I’m so excited to team up with four other awesome kid bloggers- Craftulate, And Next Comes L, Stir the Wonder and School Time Snippets– to bring you new fine motor activities every Friday in October! We each had different backgrounds before becoming mothers and bloggers…

Scissor Practice Activity for Preschoolers- Cutting Practice Spider
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Scissor Practice Activity for Preschoolers- Cutting Practice Spider

This scissors practice activity for preschoolers is perfect for any kids that you know who like to laugh….which I bet is all of them! I like to call him the Cutting Practice Spider! We have had so much fun exploring fun ways to practice using scissors these past few weeks. Ever since reading about the…