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
Age 6 10 min

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
Age 5 20 min

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
Age 5 25 min

Spring Flower Crown

Color, cut out, and make a spring crown decorated with flowers.

Craft template

Match Vehicles to Initial Letters
Age 5 15 min

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
Age 3 15 min

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
Age 4 10 min

Rhyming Animals and Objects

Match five animals to objects whose names rhyme, and play with the sounds of words.

Rhyming

Match Summer Opposites
Age 3 10 min

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
Age 3 10 min

Toothbrushing Steps

Arrange and glue four pictures to show the steps of brushing teeth: add toothpaste, brush, spit, and rinse.

Sequencing

Fish Maze
Age 3 10 min

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
Age 3 15 min

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
Age 3 10 min

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
Age 3 10 min

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
Age 2 8 min

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
Age 2 10 min

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
Age 2 7 min

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
Age 2 8 min

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
Age 2 5 min

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

Age 1 5 min

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

Ages 0–2 5 min

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

Ages 0–1 5 min

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