Category: Fine Motor

All About Me Book

8/24/2018

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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Monster Color Clip

7/16/2018

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monster color clip for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is monster clips for color recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

monster color clips for preschool and kindergarten

Children pick a card and then clips the circle that is the same color as the monster. We used clothespins but you can also use large plastic paper clips or pom poms.

monster clip cards for preschool and kindergaren

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday July 22nd ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added monster number sequence puzzles.

monster color clips

monster number sequence puzzle for preschool and kindergarten

monster number sequence puzzle added to the member's section

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Butterfly Alphabet Pick and Cover

6/5/2018

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butterfly alphabet pick and cover for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Butterfly Alphabet Pick and Cover for letter recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I made both uppercase and lowercase letter mats along with letter cards. In this activity the children pick a letter card and then cover up the same letter on the butterfly mat. Play continues until all letter have been covered. You can use glass beads ... playdough ... pom poms ... buttons for the cover-ups.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday June 10th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a shape matching activity.

butterfly alphabet pick and cover

butterfly number pick and cover for preschool and kindergarten

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

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Paper Plate Sunflower

5/10/2018

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Paper Plate Sunfower Art Project For Preschool and Kindergarten

One of my favorite theme is gardening and I love having the children make paper plate sunflowers ... they always turn out so cute!!

paper plate sunflower for preschool and kindergarten

We used nine inch paper plates but you could also use the smaller ones. We painted the paper plate yellow using do-a-dot markers (you can also finger paint the plates) and blotted off the extra paint with a paper towel.

After the paint had dried we put glue around the edge of the plate. We pressed on flower petals that we had cut out of yellow tissue paper. We went back and applied more glue and flower petals in the gaps to give it a layered look.

The last step was to apply glue drops to the center of the paper plate and press sunflower seeds on. I encouraged the children to put as many seeds on as possible.

Once the glue dried we hung them up around the room and they look awesome!! I love this project because it really gives the children a chance to work on fine motor development. You can see a video of this project below:

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Flower Match and Clip

5/7/2018

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flower match and clip fine motor activity for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Flower Match and Clip for visual discrimination and fine motor development. I printed two copies on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

Children find the flower cards that match and then clip them together with clothespins or large plastic paper clips. There are twenty different flower cards to match but you can put out as many or as few as you wish.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday May 13th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added Flower Letter Tracing.

flower match and clip

flower letter tracing for preschool and kindergarten

flower letter tracing added to the member's section

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Flower Cutting Strips

5/3/2018

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flower cutting strips fine motor activity for preschool and kindergarten

I made a set of flower themed cutting strips for the children to work on their scissor and fine motor skills. They can be printed on both cardstock and regular paper.

I have also included both black and white and color cutting strips so you have a choice of which to use with your early learners.

flower cutting strips for preschool and kindergarten

In this activity children cut along the lines on each strip ... we also did flower sorting by putting the same cut flowers together.

flower cutting strips

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