Free Pencil Fine Motor Mats
Pencils are a great school theme for kids. And the free pencil fine motor mats are great for kids. You can color, trace, dot, and have fun with these fine motor mats.
The pencil fine motor mats are a great back to school fine motor center for kids. And you can have a blast using them.
You have four types of pencil fine mats to use. You have pencil template printables, a pencil tracing printable, a pencil playdough mat, and a pencil dot marker printable.
The Pencil Fine Motor Mat Printables is a great addition to the school printables on the site.
The Pencil Fine Motor Mat Printables are part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the school section on the subscriber freebie page.
What are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine motor skills involve using the small muscles in your hands and wrists to make precise movements.
This can be tearing paper, playdough, pencil control, or coloring with a crayon.
Pencil Fine Motor Mat Printables
The pencil fine motor mats has a pencil template, pencil tracing printable, pencil playdough mat, and pencil dot marker printable. These are great for back to school fine motor centers for kids.
Pencil Template Printable
The pencil has two templates you have the one with showing the pencil and one with an outline of the pencil. You can use both for find motor centers for kids. You can use this for coloring or a template for a pencil craft.
Pencil Tracing Printable
You have a pencil with all the lines to trace on the pencil. This is great for working on pencil control.
Pencil Playdough Printable
You have a playdough mat of the outline of the pencil. A fun way to use fine motor skills
Pencil Dot Marker Printable
You have a pencil with the dot filling the different parts of the pencil. A great fine motor center for back to school with dot markers.
Things to use with the Pencil Fine Motor Printables
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- dot marker
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
- mini dot markers
- paint tray
- washable paints
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Pencil Fine Motor Mats Printables
You will see suggestion on how to use the pencil fine motor mats with kids. Each page of the pencil printable can be use many different ways.
Ways to Use the Pencil Template Printable
You will see a few suggestions for using the pencil template below.
Color the Pencil
The pencil template is great for coloring. You can use crayons, markers or paints for the coloring. You can see below we used crayons to color the pencil.
Finger Paint the Pencil
You can also use finger paints and finger paint the pencil for younger kids. The pencil fine motor template is a great way to use it for tot and preschool-age kids.
If you don’t like fingerprinting, use a clothespin and a cotton ball to paint the pencil. You could also use a big brush as well.
Make A Torn Paper Pencil Craft
You can make a great torn paper pencil craft with kids. You can use different colors for the different parts of the pencil. Or let them decide the colors. Tearing paper is great for building fine motor for kids.
Ways to Use the Pencil Tracing Printable
You will see a few different ways to trace the pencil below.
Tracing the Pencil with a Pencil
You can see below the pencil tracing mat. And a great fine motor tool to use with it is the pencil grip. This is great for kids who have problems holding the pencil.
Trace the Pencil with Markers
I love that you can trace the lines with markers. You can see use we used the fine line markers and traced each part of the pencil with a different color. It is a great way to work on what colors are the different parts of the pencil.
Reuse the Pencil Tracing Printable
You can reuse the pencil tracing printable by pitting it in a sheet protector or laminating it. Then you can use dry erase markers to trace the pencil over and over.
Ways to Use the Pencil Dot Marker Printable
You will see a few ways to use the pencil dot marker printable. This pencil printable is great for one time use or hands-on use.
Use Dot Markers on the Pencil
You can see below we used a mix of dot markers to do the pencil. This is super fun for kids and works great to build fine motor skills. You can use a different color on each section of the pencil or use one color for the whole pencil.
You can use what works great for the child.
Reuse the Pencil Dot Marker with Hands-on Items
You cna use hands on items like glass gems. You can use different colors for each section like you see below.
Of just one use color for the whole pencil. You can do what works best for you.
Ways to Use the Pencil Playdough Mat Printable
The pencil playdough mat is great for kids to outline around the pencil with playdough. They can make playdough snakes or just press the playdough into the pencil shape.
What you will find in the Free Pencil Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 2 Pencil Templates
- 1 Pencil Tracing Mats
- 1 Pencil Playdough
- 1 Pencil Dot Marker Mats
- 5 pages
Fall Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 11 fun fall fine motor mats together in a fun bundle. Easy to use and great to use all season.
What you will find in the Fall Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 8 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker q-tip and playdough mats.
- Fall Fine Motor Mats: Apple, Football, Leaf, Pencil, Pumpkin, Spider Web, Poppy, Turkey, Pirate Flag, Candy Corn, Rocket Ship
- 56 pages
- Price: $4
More Pencil Printables for Kids
Pencil Counting Book with Chart is a fun easy reader book with numbers 0 to 10. You can count and read up to 10, and then look at the pencil counting chart as you read.
Pencil Color Themed Clip Cards & Easy Reader Book is two fun printables together to work on color words.
Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards & Worksheet has 12 cards with two types for kids to work on addition. You can fill out the ten frame card and then record the answers on the matching ten frame worksheet.
A pencil ABC find has all 26 letters in uppercase and lowercase options. You have tracing the letters and then finding the letters on the pencil.
School Themed Weekly Packs have individual packs for Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. They have 5 days of printables with a mix of hands-on and no-prep. These are great for back to school learning!
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