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Fine Motor Fun
Set up some independent fine motor activities to strengthen small muscles:
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Clean out small plastic bottles with caps such as lotion and shampoo samples.
Let the children match the caps and bottles and screw the caps on and off.
Provide pegs and peg boards for the classroom. Encourage children to create
designs by using the different color pegs.
Provide strings and large beads, large buttons, and other things that can be
strung.
Provide safety scissors with play dough activities and encourage the children
to cut play dough. (It’s easier than cutting paper!)
Finger Soccer
Use a small ball of clay or a crumbled piece of paper for a soccer ball.
Provide a shoe box lid for the “soccer field.”
Show the children how to flick the ball with their thumb and pointer finger.
Encourage them to flick the ball with each finger to score a goal by getting the
paper to the other end of the lid!
King of the Jungle
In advance, draw lines (approximately one inch) from the edge of a paper plate.
Draw the lines around the entire plate with a black marker.
Encourage the children to use safety scissors to snip near each line to make a
“lion’s mane.” For children who need help with this, hold the plate for them as
they try to snip.
After the children snip the lion’s mane, cut round eye holes in the center of the
paper plate for them.
Let the children paint their lion mask with bold colors.
Add the masks to the Dramatic Play Center. Roar!