Category: Fine Motor

All About Me Book

8/16/2019

During the first week of school we make "all about me" books and read them at circle time so the children can get to know each other a bit better. This year I finally go a chance to update my book and I wanted to share it with you.

The book includes the following pages:

cover page - child colors person to look like them

my name Is - write and decorate name

this Is my picture - glue picture of child

this Is my handprint - trace around and color or paint and press

my favorite colors - color in the three circles

I know these letters - cut and glue letters child can identify

I know these numbers - cut and glue numbers child can identify

I know these shapes -cut and glue shapes child can identify

I know these colors - cut and glue colors child can identify

this Is my family - draw and color a picture of family

my favorite foods - cut and glue images (magazine or internet search)

my favorite animals - cut and glue images (magazine or internet search)

You do not need to complete all of the pages of the book especially with younger children. I intentionally left out a page for the child's phone number as well as an address page to protect the child's identity in case the book gets lost. You can grab the book pattern below:

all about me book

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Teddy Bear Alpha Match and Clip

8/12/2019

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teddy bear alpha match and clip for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is teddy bear alphabet match and clip for letter recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

teddy bear alphabet match and clip for preschool and kindergarten

In this activity children find the two cards with the matching letters and clip them together with a clothes pin or large plastic paper clip. Play continues until all letters have been matched.You can do an upper to upper ... upper to lower ... and lower to lowercase match.

teddy bear alphabet match for preschool and kindergarten

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday August 18th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a teddy bear number match and clip.

teddy bear alpha match and clip

teddy bear number match and clip for preschool and kindergarten

teddy bear number match and clip added to the member's section

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Bee Roll Count and Cover

7/29/2019

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bee roll count and cover for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Bee Roll and Cover for math and fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and laminated them.

In this activity the children roll the dice and cover up the same number of blank circles on the bee mat. We used buttons but pom poms and playdough work well too. I have also made cover-up circles that you can print and laminate. Play continues until all circles have been covered. Children can then roll the dice and remove the cover-ups.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday August 4th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added bee writing skills.

bee roll count and cover

bee writing skills for preschool and kindergarten

bee writing skills added to the member's section

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Sea Shell Alpha Lacing Tags

6/24/2019

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sea shell alphabet lacing tags for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is sea shell alphabet lacing tags for letter recognition and fine motor. I printed them on cardstock paper and cut them out. I then laminated them and punched a hole in each letter card.

Children laces the cards in alphabetical order. You can also put the cards on a book ring or attach them to craft sticks for a sequencing activity.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Monday July 1st ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added sea shell number lacing tags.

sea shell alpha lacing tags

sea shell number lacing tags for preschool and kindergarten

sea shell number lacing tags added to the member's section

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Bunny Shape Fine Motor Dots

3/26/2019

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bunny shape fine motor dots for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Bunny Shape Fine Motor Dots for shape recognition and fine motor development. You can print the patterns on regular or cardstock paper ... and then cut them out.

I set the dot cards out with a small container of paint and some q-tips. The children dip the q-tips in the paint and then fill in the blank dots on the shapes. You can also use markers with this activity. I have included both black and white as well as color versions.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday March 31st ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added Bunny Alphabet Fine Motor Dots.

bunny shape fine motor dots

bunny alphabet fine motor dots added to the member's section

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Shamrock Tiny Dots

3/8/2019

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shamrock tiny dots fine motor activity for preschool and kindergarten

I made a shamrock tiny dot pattern to help work on fine motor skills. The children really loved this activity!! We did the pattern with the word tracing on it but I also made the pattern without.

I printed the pattern on cardstock paper but you can also use regular paper. I put a little bit of green paint in a small container and set out q-tips. I used the name brand instead of a generic one as I felt they were more sturdy.

Children dipped the q-tip in green paint and then pressed it inside the blank circles. If you did not want to use q-tips you can also use the bottom of a paint brush or pencil to dip in the paint. The patterns can also be filled in with markers or colored pencils.

We sprinkled gold glitter on the shamrock while the paint was still wet to give it some extra sparkle. The pattern comes in a variety of options and is from my fine motor tiny dots download.

shamrock tiny dots pattern

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