Not only does cooking with kids increase the chances that they'll try new foods, but it is also a wonderful way to develop fine motor skills! Here is one recipe that my preschooler loves to help me prepare.
Cooking with Kids: Developing Fine Motor Skills in the Kitchen
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Favorite Fine Motor Toys
Kids work on their fine motor skills while playing with their favorite toys! They don't even realize they are strengthening their hands for writing while they play. Here are our recommendations of the best fine motor toys available.
Leprechaun Bait
When our Window Rainbow failed to immediately lure in a leprechaun we knew we needed to kick it up a notch! We decided to mix our own leprechaun bait!
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Fine Motor Slingshot Play
A slingshot is perfect for fine motor practice for kids! We got creative to make it safe for indoor and outdoor use!
20 Ways Siblings Can Help with a New Baby
For this Fine Motor Fridays post, we highlight 20 ways a sibling can help with a new baby!
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Flubber Sensory Play with Fine Motor Skills
What do you do when your sensory slime turns into flubber? You use it to practice your fine motor skills of course!
Hide and Seek Spiders in Play Dough
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Hide and find spiders in this play dough activity for preschoolers and toddlers! Kids will love digging out and re-hiding the creepy crawlies in the sensory dough for Halloween.
Sight Word Busy Box - Fine Motor Fridays
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I'm excited to be joining with other kid bloggers in bringing you Fine Motor Fridays, a collection of weekly fine motor based ideas! All toddlers and preschoolers will benefit while being intrigued and engaged in the inspiring activities.
This week we used D's toddler busy box to play a sight word game, but this is easily adaptable for any recognition skill your child is working on mastering. I love finding ways to make a toy engaging to both my kids simultaneously! While E has fun opening these boxes for D to close occasionally, this activity made the toy much more interesting for her!
Fine Motor Fun with Water Beads
Water beads are irresistible! For this invitation to play we provided lots of ways to explore the water beads that involved using fine motor skills.
Cupcake Liner Flower Craft: Fine Motor Art for Kids
In order to hurry spring along we created our own indoor cupcake liner flower garden using fine motor art techniques!
Fine Motor Rainbow Ball Game
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We love playful ways for our preschoolers to learn colors! Scarves in a ball create an irresistible fine motor game for kids! We made it even more interesting by adding all the colors of the rainbow into our play.
Jack-O-Lantern Geoboard
We used our homemade geoboard as a festive fine motor way to create jack-o-lantern pumpkin faces while reviewing math concepts!
Puffy Paint Cake Decorating
We created a pretend bakery by inviting my preschooler to decorate a cardboard cake with puffy paint icing! She loved this art activity with fine motor work involved.
Color Sorting Box
Our recycled DIY color sorting box was a huge hit with our preschooler! Set out with plenty of fun materials to sort, this fine motor exercise was highly motivating for her.
Mardi Gras Play Dough
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Play dough is one of the most universal fine motor activities! We themed this week's invitation to play by creating our own Mardi Gras play dough!
Elsa Gloves for Frozen Inspired Pretend Play
The Frozen obsession continues at our house so we created DIY Elsa gloves for Frozen inspired gross motor and fine motor pretend play!
Sand Drizzle Sculptures
Sand Drizzle Sculptures are relaxing. soothing, and a bit addictive to create! They are also fantastic fine motor practice for kids!
Fine Motor Christmas Crafts and Activities for Kids
Christmas crafts, activities, and games for kids are festive ways to work fine motor skills! Your children will be strengthening their hands while playing and decorating for the holidays with these ideas.
Salt and Glue Watercolor Hearts
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We love Valentine's Day colors. This fine motor art technique allowed us to mix and blend watercolor hearts in the most beautiful ways!
Fine Motor Autumn Leaves Sorting
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We are celebrating Fall with fine motor autumn leaf sorting! It's a fun way for kids to play while working on early math concepts.
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