What toys and activities do you use to improve children’s gross and fine motor?
March 24th, 2009 | by Michael |
Aubrey C asked:
I want to hear particularly from pre-and a master of asylum. My first selector homeschooled for 6 years and is awkward for sports (football this season is his first exposure to organized sports). Also writes her letters from the bottom up, a habit that leads to the letters is very dirty and difficult to break. Also I have four years to be five in November, are in the kindergarten part-time and I nell'asilo next fall. Switch lots of time playing with small cars, crayons and blocks, also repairs toys Lincoln logs and wooden tracks of the train are his favorites. However, the writing is so great and scarabocchiante that I 'M the question that has to be "passably for kindergarten" by next fall! You can write some letters, his own name, you can copy the pictures and cut with scissors WELL. All toys or activities can DIVERTIMENTO esporrlo to to get ready for the asylum? I guess I 'm a little skittish because his brother had met some seriously fine motor and gross motor difficulties.
HECTOR
I want to hear particularly from pre-and a master of asylum. My first selector homeschooled for 6 years and is awkward for sports (football this season is his first exposure to organized sports). Also writes her letters from the bottom up, a habit that leads to the letters is very dirty and difficult to break. Also I have four years to be five in November, are in the kindergarten part-time and I nell'asilo next fall. Switch lots of time playing with small cars, crayons and blocks, also repairs toys Lincoln logs and wooden tracks of the train are his favorites. However, the writing is so great and scarabocchiante that I 'M the question that has to be "passably for kindergarten" by next fall! You can write some letters, his own name, you can copy the pictures and cut with scissors WELL. All toys or activities can DIVERTIMENTO esporrlo to to get ready for the asylum? I guess I 'm a little skittish because his brother had met some seriously fine motor and gross motor difficulties.
HECTOR
4 Responses to “What toys and activities do you use to improve children’s gross and fine motor?”
By Shippou Oud on Mar 26, 2009 | Reply
If your concerned about their penmanship sit down with them with those large sheets of writing paper
and -teach- them how to do it. It does not magically develop on it’s own .
As far as motor skills, drawing, legos, blocks, and that sort of thing.
By ?kazzalou? on Mar 29, 2009 | Reply
I believe threading activities are good for fine motor skills like writing. Also tracing and dot-to-dot is a fun way as well as using stencils. It sounds to me like he is ahead of most if he can already cut with scissors. Jigsaws are good for fine motor skills too. Your 6 year old sounds like he just needs a bit more practice. Plenty of praise when he does do his letters correctly. When they start joined up writing he wont have much choice but to start at the top tbh.
By ONOpeaches on Mar 31, 2009 | Reply
Hi, in the past while being an early childhood educator, I found that making a “connect the dashes” kind of letter writing practice worked best. (ex. - - - - - -). Also, recent studies say that there is a huge variance in the speed of growth and development within a single age group in early childhood. So, I wouldn’t worry at all!! and also, you have all the right ideas in toys already. “Play” is the best curriculum for promoting growth in all developmental areas.
By renee70466 on Apr 2, 2009 | Reply
Is he left handed (the one writing funny)? My daughter is and she writes that way a lot and I’m trying really hard to keep my lefty son from doing the same. Home schooled as well. Do you belong to a home school association? How about co-op? they both have PE programs here and that’s what we do to help with the sports. The four yo sounds about right on track the writing will improve as time passes and those are my 5 yo favorite activities. Try letting him write in a bowl of sand or on a dry erase board or anything he can mistake for pure fun. My son plays a lot on its a free phonics site and we work a couple of worksheets a day in phonics handwriting and math and leave it at that right now. If you want a good handwriting program try Handwriting Without Tears. I know you can get it at