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www.staidenshomeschool.com Donnette E Davis 2007

DEVELOPING

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

A Fun 170-page Activity Book

Suitable for Prek-3 Learners & Their Educators

Includes:

Cut & Paste Line Cutting Shape Cutting Line Tracing Shape Tracing Shape Matching Number Tracing Letter Tracing Dot-2Dot Mazes Lacing Activities Fun Craft Recipes Fingerplay Finger Puppets Activities Paper Crafts Pipe Cleaner Crafts Printable Games Colour Sheets Teacher/Parent Ideas


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www.staidenshomeschool.com (c) 2007 Donnette E Davis

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INDEX

Introduction

Developing fine motor skillso

Cutting

o Placing and pastingo Tracing and colouringo Self-care skillso Finger tracingo Pre-writingo Writing

Things to remember Age Rating

Activities with fine motor manipulatives

Fine motor activities

Scissor activities Sensory activities Midline crossing Planning fine motor activities

o Ideas to tryo Making a prop box

Section A

Cutting activitieso Line cutting activitieso Shape cutting activities

Section B

Shape tracing & cutting activities

Shape & colour recognition & matching Fringing

Section C

Tracing and colouringSections D & E contain activities for you to do with your child outside of a workbook

environment.

Section F

Pre-Writing Trace and Colour 3D Start Craft

Circle Tracing Bear Route Line Matching Colour, cut and paste Sticker Fun Dot 2 Dot Trace and colour Tracing Mazes Tracing Alphabet Card Craft Letter Tracing

Number Tracing Mosaic Tile Cutting & Pasting Activity


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Midline Crossing

Establishment of hand dominance is still developing at this point. The

following activities will facilitate midline crossing:

Encourage reaching across the body for materials with each hand.It may be necessary to engage the other hand in an activity to

prevent switching hands at midline.

Refrain specifically from discouraging a child from using the lefthand for any activity. Allow for the natural development of hand

dominance by presenting activities at midline, and allowing the

child to choose freely.

Start making the child aware of the left and right sides of his bodythrough spontaneous comments like, "kick the ball with your right

leg." Play imitation posture games like "Simon Says" with across thebody movements.

When painting at easel, encourage the child to paint a continuousline across the entire paper- also from diagonal to diagonal.

Planning Fine Motor Activities

Credits & Thanks: The following content is (c) has been included with the

express permission of Marcia Arpin of www.allthedaze.com

Fine motor activities may and should, be incorporated into another subjectarea. A 'fine motor centre' doesn't need to be a separate entity. It is more

successful it is part of another activity. For instance....a reading centre

becomes both a Reading and a Fine Motor Centre when a child is using Wikki

Stix to lay on top of large letters on a paper. At a Math Centre, have a bowl

of marbles, a melon baller, one dice/die, and a plastic ice cube tray (the

kind that makes a zillion little ice cubes). The children take turns rolling a dice

and use the melon baller to pick that number of marbles to put in their ice

cube tray. The activity is now both Math and Fine Motor. If a Fine Motor

activity is not a part of something else, it's becomes simply exercise and is

viewed as such.

Ideas to Try

Pick up and sort objects such as blocks, spools, coins, beans,marbles, cotton balls, pins, buttons, straws, nails, nuts, bolts,

popcorn, etc.. and place them into containers of varying sizes

(i.e. egg cartons, cups, mugs, jars, etc.)


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SECTION B. Cutting, Placing and Pasting

1. Place a variety of forms (eg. blocks, felt, paper, string, yarn, cereal, cotton) on outlines2. Match shapes, colour, or pictures to a page and paste them within the outlines

Cut out the shapes on this page. Paste them on the next page in the spaces of the shapes that matc


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This is a little more tricky. Cut out the shapes and paste them on the following p


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Cut out the apple on the dotted lines. Paste the two sides

together to make a lovely red apple.


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Trace the outlines of the circles.

Colour the circles as follows:

#1 Red #2 Blue #3 Green #Yellow

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3

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56Draw a line between the matching butterflies like in the example.


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Only one line goes from the monkey to the tree. Trace the

lines to find out which one.


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Mosaic Tiles Print on cardstock. Have your child cut out the different shapes. When

they are all separated, on a separate sheet of paper have your child paste them into a

picture, creating a stained glass or collage effect. For your convenience a page of

blank shapes is included to print extra copies or for your child to colour him or herself.


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How to Make a Bird (Pipe Cleaner Crafts)

Pipe cleaner arts and crafts can be a fun way to entertain kids or the kid in all

of us. Here are simple instructions to build a bird with 5 standard pipe

cleaners. You will need 5 pipe cleaners per bird.

STEPS

1. Bend one pipe cleaner in half to form the legs.

2. Shape another to form the body. 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)from tip of tail attach legs by looping twice over tightly.

3. Move 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from the tip of where thebeak should be. At that spot attach a pipe cleaner with loop, and twist it in a

pinwheel manner to shape the head.

4. Use 2 pipe cleaners to enlarge the torso. Start at thebottom of the neck and roll around loosely: First with one pipe cleaner, then

continue with the second up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the end of the tail.

TIPS

You can make larger or smaller pipe cleaner birds by appropriately re-sizing the pipe cleaners.

Different coloured pipe cleaners are available at crafts shop to add somecolour to the bird.


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Lacing Activities Print on cardstock. Colour the picture. Lace the picture using wool or string.

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