Did you know that you can improve pincer grasp without a pencil? It’s true. There are plenty of fine motor activities that build the muscles in small fingers to help with future handwriting skills. Here are quite a few awesome ones to give little fingers a workout!
Fine Motor Activities for Babies/Toddlers
Magic Glow Stick Game // A Little Pinch of Perfect
Strengthen Hands By Squeezing Activity // Stay at Home Educator
O Shaped Cereal Drop // Stay at Home Educator
Painting With Q Tips // Lemon Lime Adventures
Painting on Foil // Messy Little Monster
Pasta Play // Messy Little Monster
Fine Motor Tools Pom Pom Drop // Crafty Kids at Home
Colored Waterfalls // Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
Simple Fine Motor Snowball Counting // Views From a Step Stool
Clothespin and Cotton Ball Cloud Painting // Views From a Step Stool
Edible Water Bead Play // Views From a Step Stool
Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers/Early Elementary
Dragonfly Craft with Applesauce Pouch Caps
Hunting for Bugs Fine Motor Activity
DIY Fine Motor Toy: Color-Matching Flowers // Moms & Crafters
Preschool Fine Motor Practice: Stringing Beads // Schooling a Monkey
Putty Porcupine // Mosswood Connections
Creating a Rainbow in a Jar // Edventures with Kids
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sequencing Activity // School Time Snippets
Sparkly Sequin Tray // School Time Snippets
Magnetic Quilting Shapes // Stay at Home Educator
Feeding Frankenstein Fine Motor Game // Views From a Step Stool
Flip a Clip Fine Motor Activity // Mom Explores the Smokies
Sensory Mazes // Little Bins for Little Hands
Construction Math Game // Little Bins for Little Hands
Vanishing Vowels Letter Formation and Writing Practice // Kara Carrero
Portable Sensory Play // Little Bins for Little Hands
Say and Spray // A Dab of Glue Will Do
Fine Motor ABCs // A Dab of Glue Will Do
Water Bead Pick Up Game // Play and Learn Every Day
Fine Motor Fun with Sunflowers // Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
Fine Motor Threading Activity // Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
Fine Motor Pin Poking // Living Montessori Now
Acorn Fine Motor and Counting // Views From a Step Stool
Peppermint Rice Sensory Bin // Views From a Step Stool
Go play! Engage your child in fun, and as an added benefit, improve pincer grasp and their handwriting skills with these fine motor activities!
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Great resource! I have saved it on my homeschooling boards and really love having so many unique ideas.
This is such a great compilation! It’s nice to have so many ideas in 1 place. 🙂
It’s so important for young children to excercise and use their hands. This is an awesome resource!