Looking for a great fine motor skill and also teaches you writing your ABCs at the same time? Then you have to try this out. Recently we did the ABC Sensory Bin and I printed out the all the Upper Case ABCs Dot Markers on one paper for the activity. My middle girl asked if…
Product: Celtic Therapy Plates (This product comes with one plate and a tracer.) By: Celtic Art Therapy Price: $30 First this to say about the product review is that I bought this product it was not given to me and all thoughts and opinions are mine. I ran into these plates when the girls and…
I love doing activities with buttons and seasonal buttons make it so much fun! I found several great Halloween themed buttons at Michael’s, JoAnn’s and AC Moore. It has been a few days of lots of activities with them. This is a simple activity to set up and use. The buttons came in four colors…
Fine motor and color learning all at the same time! Check out this hands on activities. We are starting back into full schooling at a small break because of the girls being sick. Here is one of the first activities we did. This is a color sorting and pattern making activity. It was simple and…
We are doing some major dinosaur activities this week! It should be a lot of fun for everyone! We are starting off with some simple Matching by type and color and by dinosaur. This is simple and easy to put together and do and takes almost no time at all to put together. This is…
I love to do simple sorting activities with Mary. She does really well with them. When I can use foam stickers of something hands on it makes it more fun. We did two activities with clover foam stickers: Sorting by Size and Sorting by Color. Sorting by Size Mary sorted 3 different sizes of clover…
We love Pick & Draw by Rich Davis. It is fun and always different no matter how many times you play. You can see my review of the game from last year here. We thought it would be fun to make leprechaun faces! What you need: Pick and Draw, pencil, and leprechaun faces (found on…
We read St. Patrick’s Day by Gial Gibbons. This is a book about St. Patrick’s and why the day is celebrated. The girls loved the book. After reading the book we traced 4 leaf clovers. What you need: lids, green paint, q-tips and Clover Tracing. First they outlined the clover. Then they painted part of…
This has been a fun and interesting challenge. It was hard to always remember to take the time to do the fine motor! Fine motor is fun and there are so many ways to do it! I often found we got through everything and would forget what we wanted to do. The girls just loved…
This was a week of ups and downs. It found it harder to get in the fine motor than other weeks. The girls were good at reminding me of us not doing it. If you are looking for suggestions check out my 28 Days of Fine Motor Challenge Post or Royal Baloo’s. There are lots…
It has been a fun change for us doing something different every day. It is a challenge because I have to remember to prep a lot more for fine motor than I did from gross motor. The girls are giving suggestions as well. Once or twice a week I give them a list of things…
At first I thought fine motor would be easier to do than gross motor challenge was. In some ways it has been harder. I have to make sure I’m prepared every day to do something. It has been fun to make sure we change it up every day. Fine motor is fun and with different…
We read Snowy Valentine by David Petersen. I love this book because it points out that we don’t have to give complex gifts to someone we love. You can do simple gifts. After the book was read we did q-tip heart tracing. What you need: Heart Tracing from the Valentines Pack part 3, q-tips and…
This is a simple heart sorting project and is lots of fun. It is all hearts for Valentines! You can review the shape and the colors with this simple activity. What you need for the heart sorting activity Valentines Smart Foam Conversation Heart Stickers egg carton. How to do the Heart Sorting Activity We started…
February’s Challenge from Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs will be 28 Days of Fine Motor. For this challenge we want you to do 30 minutes of fine motor activity every day with your kids! This challenge runs from February 1st to 28 so do your activities! Our first linky will be on February 9th for…
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so…
We have been working on Mary learning her name letters and Amelia learning the uppercase and lowercase letters of her name. What you need: white paper, white crayon and water color paints. They were given the paper to start painting. They were told to tell me when they found something. Amelia found her “A” first….
Learning to write your name is a very important skill to know. Using q-tip for writing is a fun want to practice. This is a simple and easy activity to set up. Amelia knows how to write her name but we have started to work on just having an upper case “A” and the rest…
Sorting Letters from Name What you need: ABC buttons letters from the name (I got mine at Walmart 4 packs), basket, and sorting bin. Mary started the 4 letters. Mary said each letter as she sorted them. Matching Button Letters to Written name. What you need: ABC buttons letters for name sorted and paper with…
We read Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon for the Virtual Book Club. The girls loved reading Chopsticks after having read Spoon. What you need: yarn, pom poms, chopsticks of various kinds, pick up sticks, containers and plates. We tried to use the chopsticks. They pulled them apart. I showed them how you…
I do a lot of sorting activities with Mary (31 months). She loves them but I’m always looking for something different to do. I was reading in The Happy Mommy Handbook by Katie Norris and Susan Case and saw an idea for buttons. I have since found out that buttons are a lot of fun…
We read Diamond Jim Dandy and the Sheriff by Sarah Burell and Bryan Langdo . It is a story about a rattlesnake that comes to a town in Texas and the sheriff tells him he is not allowed. So the rattlesnake finds a way for people to like him. What you need: construction paper, scissors,…
Gross motor does not have to be hard. In fact, it can be fun. This ring toss is a fun idea that can be done inside or outside with very little change! We enjoy doing gross motor ideas in our house. This ring toss uses the Olympic ring colors. It was a fun way to…
Product: Zoomorphs By: River Dolphin Toys Price: $15 to $30 **WARNING: These contain small parts and are not intended for children under 3.** I’m doing this review since I have had questions about the Zoomorphs that I have put in things we use sections for the Dinosaur Pack, Zoo Pack and Bug Pack. My girls…
Product: Bubbles Ooodles By: Gymbroee: Gymboree Bubble Ooodles with Wand and Tray – 4oz (Link to Amazon) Price: $14 This is a great product for cognitive and fine motor development. I use them with the girls at least once a week. We start out with the girls blowing the bubbles and see how many they…
A fun way to do vocabulary words is to go fishing for them. I have used it with someone as young as 18 months. I learned this from the Early Intervention Speech Therapist and I have been using it for years now. This is a great way to get fine motor skills in and learn…
Product: Pick and Draw By: Rich Davis Price: $10 plus shipping This is a unique way to make funny cartoon faces. Every face is different and no one draws them the same way. How to play is very simple. You can try it out on their website. On the cards, the creator had the following…