Category: Fine Motor

Ice Cream Number Clip

6/20/2017

The free membership printable this week is Ice Cream Number Clip for number recognition and and fine motor development. I printed everything on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

I set the ice cream clip cards out along with some clothespins. I have also included cover-ups that you can print and use if you do not want to use clothespins.

In this activity the children pick an ice cream card and put a clothespin on the number that matches the number on the ice cram cone. Play continues until all number cards have been clipped.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday June 25th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added the ice cream alphabet clip.

ice cream number clip

ice cream alphabet clip for preschool and kindergarten

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Butterfly Ten Frames

6/1/2017

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butterfly ten frames for preschool and kindergarten math

We are finishing up out butterfly theme this week and I made butterfly ten frames for our math center. The ten frames are from my upcoming Early Learning Ten Frames release which will be available for download soon!!

Ten frames are great for math and number recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

butterfly ten frames for preschool and kindergarten match

Children pick a card and put the correct number of counters on the frames. You can choose to set all of the numbers out or just a few. For younger children I recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10. The set comes with numbers 1-20. Click the link below to download.

butterfly ten frames

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Birdhouse Ten Frames

4/11/2017

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birdhouse ten frames mat for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is birdhouse ten frames which is great for math and number recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

birdhouse ten frames math for preschool and kindergarten

I put the birdhouse cards in a basket along with math link cubes. We also like to use playdough balls with ten frames but you can use what you would like for the counters. I have included counter circles with the patterns that you can put on the frames.

birdhouse ten frame math for preschool and kindergaten

In this activity the children pick a card and put the correct number of counters on the frames. You can choose to set all of the numbers out or just a few. For younger children I recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10. The set comes with numbers 1-20.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 16th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added birdhouse letter tracing.

birdhouse ten frames

birdhouse letter tracing for preschool and kindergarten

birdhouse letter tracing added to the member's section

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Playdough Jeweled Eggs

3/31/2017

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playdough jeweled eggs for preschool and kindergarten

I am always looking for extra ways to incorporate fine motor development into our activities and since Easter will be here soon we decorated playdough eggs. Because this activity uses small items remember to use close supervision with children under the age of three and those still in the stages of putting small items in their mouths.

The children rolled out the playdough and then cut egg shapes with a cookie cutter. I set out bowls of jewels that I had purchased from the craft store and the children were free to decorate the eggs any way they wished.

playdough jewled eggs for preschool and kindergarten

The children pressed the jewels into the playdough and tried to put as many on each egg that they could. While they could put any jewels on any way wanted I gave them a challenge of seeing if they could put different jewels on the eggs so that each egg did not have two of the same jewels on it which turned it into a sorting activity as well.

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Bunny Alphabet Pick and Cover

3/27/2017

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bunny alphabet pick and cover for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Bunny Pick and Cover which is great for letter recognition and fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

I mixed the letter cards up so they were not in order and set them out along with the bunny mats and cover-up circles. You can also use playdough or pom poms which are both great for fine motor development.

In this activity children pick a letter card and cover up the same letter on the bunny mat. Play continues until all letters have been covered.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 2nd ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a bunny number pick and cover.

bunny alphabet pick and cover

bunny number pick and cover for preschool and kindergarten

bunny number pick and cover added to the member's section

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Robot Shape Tracing

3/23/2017

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robot shape tracing for preschool and kindergarten

I made some shape tracers to go along with our robot theme this week. I printed them out on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. I put them out in our writing center along with some washable markers.

robot shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

The children began by tracing the shapes with their fingers and then tracing them with the washable markers. Shape tracers are great for pre-writing and fine motor skills developement. You can grab the patterns below:

robot shape tracers **save and open file in adobe reader**

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