Fine Motor Skills

Here you will find games and activities developed to improve coordination and small muscle movement for infants to adolescents.

Toddlers

Fruit Loop Tower:

You will need:

  • A ball of Playdough, clay or putty
  • Spaghetti or small sticks (we used the sticks out of our KerPlunk game)
  • A plate
  • Fruit Loops

Place the sticks in the ball of dough and have the child place the Fruit Loops onto the sticks to build towers.

Spoon Marble Pick-Up:

You will need:

  • A shallow box or bowl filled with rice or sand
  • Marbles
  • A spoon
  • A small cup or bowl

The child will use the spoon to extract the marbles from the box and place them in the cup. This is a great way to work on fine motor skills and practice using utensils. This activity should be supervised to ensure that the marbles do not become a choking hazard.

Try these activities as well:

Preschool

Elementary

Domino Letters:

Standing up dominoes is a great way to hone fine motor skills. Forming letters makes it fun for the child and also helps with literacy skills. The best part, of course, is knocking it down!

Also, try out these ideas:

Adolescent

Marble Balancing:

You will need:

  • Foam block
  • Golf tees
  • Marbles

For older kids, have them hold a handful of the marbles and deposit them one by one onto the golf tees. For smaller children, put the foam block into a bowl to hold the marbles and to catch any that might fall.

Also Try:

Monroe

West Monroe

Ruston

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