Free Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable
Apples are a great theme for the fall. And these new free apple fine motor mats help kids have fun while working on fine motor skills.
You can work on coloring, tracing, matching, and more. All while doing an apple theme and doing fine motor skills.
You will find 4 apple fine motor mats: apple tracing, apple template mat, apple dot marker, and apple playdough mat.
The apple fine motor mat is part of the 20 Free Printables for September.
The Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable is a great addition to the apple preschool printables and 20 Free Printables for September on the site.
The Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable is part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the apple 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.
Apple Fine Motor Printables
The apple fine motor printable works on fine motor skills with dot markers, tracing, and an apple template.
Apple Template Printables
You can see the apple template below. The apple fine motor printables work great for coloring or making apple crafts.
Apple Tracing Printables
You can see the apple tracing printables below. You have one prewriting tracing printable with tracing one apple printable.
Apple Dot Marker Printables
You can see the apple dot marker page below. These a great for fine motor with dot markers or hands-on items.
Apple Playdough Mat Printables
You can see the apple playdough mat printable below. You have a double line for kids to outline the apple for a great playdough mat.
Things to use with the Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable
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- printer
- white copy paper
- dot marker
- red glass gems
- clear counters
- playdough
- sheet protectors
- dry erase markers
- red acrylic rocks
- green acrylic rocks
- yellow acrylic rocks
Ways to Use the Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable
You are going to see a few ways to use these apple printables. Remember that this is a fun mat, and kids can have loads of fun with them!
Ways to Use the Apple Template Mat Printable
With the apple template, you can fill the center of the apple. Or you could color the apple as well. This is a great template to use as a craft.
You can see below we use the red acrylic rocks and green acrylic rocks and filled in the apple. This makes it a great fine motor printable.
Ways to Use the Apple Tracing Mat Printable
You are going to see two ways to use the apple tracing mat. And remember, these are not the only ways to use them.
Trace and Color the Apple Tracing Printables
You can print the training page and then use a crayon or marker to trace and color the apple. This is a great way to get fine motor work with tracing and then coloring.
Reuse the Apple Tracing Printables
You can also reuse the tracing page. You can put it in the sheet protector and then trace the apple.
Using colored paper for the apple would also be fun when you reuse it.
Ways to Use the Apple Dot Marker Mat Printable
You will see two ways below to use the apple dot marker mat. But remember, these are just a few ideas, and you might have a few more ideas that kids can do with these mats.
Dot the Apple Dot Marker Printables
You can use the dot markers on the apple dot marker mat. You can see the outline of the apple with the dots. This is a great way to work on hand-eye coordination with the dots around the apple.
Reuse the Apple Dot Marker Printables
If you want to reuse the apple dot marker pages, you can laminate them or put them in sheet protectors. You could also print on cardstock to help them last longer without laminating.
If you have many kids using the apple mats, then laminating works best.
You can see we use clear counters on the dot makers on the page. This is an easy way to work on the fine motor to match the circles to the dots.
Ways to Use the Apple Playdough Mat Printable
You will see a few ways to use the Apple playdough mats. And remember, these are just two ideas, and you might have more ideas you want to do.
Use Playdough with the Apple Playdough Mat Printables
You can see how easy it is to use playdough to make the shape of the apple. You have a long playdough snake to put around the apple.
It is recommended that you print the page on cardstock and laminate it to hold up better. But if you don’t want to laminate you can put it in a sheet protector, as you see below.
Use Apple Playdough Mat Printables For Tracing
You can also use the apple playdough mat for a tracing page. It gives a wide area for kids to trace the apple. You can use the big dry erase markers of the small dry erase markers.
What you will find in the Free Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable
- 1 Apple Tracing Mat Printable
- 1 Apple Dot Marker Mat Printable
- 1 Apple Playdough Mat Printable
- 1 Apple Fine Motor Mat Printable
- 4 pages
Fall Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 8 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
- 48 pages
- Price: $4
More Apple Prek & Kindergarten Printables
Apple Tree Counting Easy Reader Book is a great book for counting from 0 to 10. It has tracing the number and then count the apples on the tree.
Fun Hand-On Apple Shape Sorting Printable is an easy sorting activity with 4 shapes to work on. You have circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles to sort. This is a great preschool apple printable.
Apple Activity Pack: Prewriting, ABCs, Shapes, and Numbers is a great pack with matching activities that work together for each area. It has a mix of no-prep, easy reader books, clip cards, and tracing cards. This is a great apple printable for kindergarten.
Apple Dot the Number & Count the Dots is a great hands-on mat or no-prep activity with counting. You have a dot marker number and dots to count on the apple.
Apple Counting Mats 1 to 20 with 4 variations on the mats to use with kids. You have a mix of apple number counting mats to help kids your variety of counting mats to use with kids.
Check out all the fun Apple Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
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