Hand Strengthening to Improve Fine Motor Skills

Paper Clip Task- match colored paper clips to colored dots (dots are different sizes and made with card stock and laminated if able). String paper clips together then form letters/ numbers/shapes. 

 Cut Play Doh with scissors                      

 Squirt Guns or Spray bottles- put watered down paints into a squirt gun and spray onto a canvas; write with side walk chalk then erase with water in squirt gun or spray bottle.

 Painters Tape- Have child tear tape pieces 1-2 inches long and tape to a vertical surface; write numbers, math symbols on tape and practice math facts. Or, create a tape design with different colored tape on a table or wall, overlapping tape multiple times (i.e. can make a simple star shape) . See if your child can peel the tape off one peice at a time starting with the top peice, without accdnetlaly removing a lower peice/

Clip Clothes Pins practice letters, numbers, counting by 5’s by clipping clothespins in correct order.

Website Links

https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/55-ways-strengthen-fine-motor-skills-home/

https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/55-ways-strengthen-fine-motor-skills-home/

https://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/hand-exercises-for-kids.html

https://www.cbc.ca/parents/play/view/12-ways-to-play-with-a-roll-of-tape

https://handsonaswegrow.com/peeling-tape/