Fine Motor Skills
Hand-eye coordination activities
Guiding hand movements with the eyes to place, stack, draw or connect.
20 activities
Activities
Shoe Tying Certificate
Celebrate learning to tie shoes independently with a certificate to fill in with the child’s name and date.
Award certificate
Banana Oat Pancake Recipe
Mash, mix, and follow a picture recipe for pancakes. An adult handles the stove while the child helps with the safe steps.
Cooking together
Spring Flower Crown
Color, cut out, and make a spring crown decorated with flowers.
Craft template
Match Vehicles to Initial Letters
Match six vehicles to the letters their names begin with. Practice recognizing letters and listening for beginning sounds.
Matching
Lion Mask Craft
Color a lion and curl paper strips around a pencil to make its mane. With an adult's help, turn it into a stick mask.
Craft template
Rhyming Animals and Objects
Match five animals to objects whose names rhyme, and play with the sounds of words.
Rhyming
Match Summer Opposites
Match four pairs of opposites with animals and summer things: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, day and night.
Opposites
Toothbrushing Steps
Arrange and glue four pictures to show the steps of brushing teeth: add toothpaste, brush, spit, and rinse.
Sequencing
Fish Maze
Help the little fish find its way to the coral, away from the jellyfish. This simple maze supports visual attention and movement control.
Maze
Lunchbox Cut and Paste
Choose four items from eight pictures, then cut and glue them into a pretend lunchbox. Practice counting and hand coordination while talking about snacks.
Cut and paste
Find and Count Stars
Children find and circle eight stars among moons, planets and clouds, then count them with an adult.
Find and circle
Halloween Friends Coloring
A coloring page with a friendly ghost, a pumpkin, and a smiling bat. Children can explore colors and practice hand movements.
Coloring page
Color Matching With Sponges
Scoop colorful sponges from water and put each one in a matching container. Explore colors and movements through water play.
Hands-on activity
Fire Truck Puzzle
Color a fire truck and put together a four-piece puzzle with help from an adult.
Picture puzzle
Trace Lines With Vehicles
Follow five vehicles to their garages by tracing dotted straight lines with a finger or crayon.
Pre-writing lines
Match Farm Animals and Babies
Match each farm mom to her baby. With an adult's help, name the animals and notice how they look alike.
Matching
Chick and Flowers Coloring Page
A coloring page featuring a chick hatching among flowers. Children explore colors and make their own marks with crayons.
Coloring page
Posting Colorful Pieces
A child puts large, colorful pieces through an opening in a box, exploring hand movements while hearing the names of colors.
Hands-on activity
Object Permanence Box
Play hide-and-find with a shoebox and a large ball. Your child watches the ball fall and discovers where it went.
Hands-on activity
Kitchen Sensory Basket
A baby who can sit explores large kitchen objects while an adult names what the baby touches, sees and hears.
Sensory play