These fun, free printable Christmas tree pattern mats make a great fine motor activity for preschoolers. Use them with loose parts, playdough, collage, or pencils to work on lots of important fine motor and pre-writing skills. These no-prep, print and go, Christmas fine motor mats are a great way to work on those small muscle […]
Free Printable Spider Mazes
These cute spider mazes are a fun and easy activity that your kids will love. The free printable spider web mazes are perfect for Halloween, for an insect learning theme, or as a fun activity any time. They are an easy, print-and go, activity that encourages fine motor skills, logical thinking and problem solving skills, […]
I Spy Fall Find and Color Activity Page
This free printable, I Spy fall find and colour activity is full of warm and cozy autumn/fall themed images to search and colour in. This ‘print and go’ activity page comes in both a ‘fall’ and ‘autumn’ version and is a fun seasonal activity that kids will love. It’s a visual scavenger hunt that challenges […]
Free Printable Shape Lacing Cards
Work on fine motor skills with these printable shape lacing cards. This set of four, free printable, shape lacing cards are great for working on fine motor skills, and for introducing the concept of sewing to young children. They are also a great way to introduce or reinforce learning of 2D shapes! While my older […]
Ten Easy Activities to Practice Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor control is all about the movements of the small muscles in the fingers, hands and arms. Hand-eye co-ordination also plays a big role in fine motor control, and together these skills are super important when it comes to things like writing and self help tasks. Long term, fine motor skills are related to […]
Loose Parts and Pattern Mats – Free Printable
These free printable loose parts pattern mats are a fun and easy way to work on fine motor skills for preschoolers and older children. While your kids have fun following the lines and making colourful patterns with the loose parts they are also working on their small muscle control, hand-eye coordination, and lots more pre-writing […]
20+ Geoboard Activities and Free Printables.
These fun geoboard activities for kids are a great way to explore mathematical concepts in a hands-on way, plus they are great for working on fine motor skills and a fun way to combine maths with art and creativity. Kids of all ages will love these geoboard activities, and fun geoboard printables. Plus there are […]
Flat Lego Challenge
Challenge your kids to only build with flat Legos! This simple Lego challenge idea will spark your kids creativity, work their fine motor skills, develop their spatial awareness, and keep them busy for hours! “Flat Lego Challenge: Today you can only build with flat Lego” That was the note that I left on the table […]