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Great Kindergarten Near Me: Fine motor skills are crucial to develop those new abilities across all age groups, But they are often smaller parts or may not be appropriate for more minor children.

When your children are of different ages, or you care for a group of multi-age children in a home daycare setting, getting into those fine motor activities can present a challenge, especially if your younger ones don’t nap!

Don’t worry about it. I’ve compiled a massive list of my favorite fine motor exercises, which can be easily modified to satisfy toddlers, children at great kindergarten near me, and even infants!

At the bottom of this page, you’ll get more inspiration from my favorite Aussie bloggers!

In the process, I’ll give some suggestions to modify certain activities while others are easy to explain.

If you’d like to know more about one of the programs listed below, click the picture to go directly to the post. Let’s get started!

Fine Motor Colour Mixing

We’ve been having fun with fine motor mixing. I love coming up with ways to adapt activities so children can play with their imaginations. Play. Fine motor games, too, which are among our favorites!

I was exuberant as soon as I saw those brooms at 99 cents in our neighborhood, Coles! I was sure they would offer an excellent, challenging fine motor exercise for my girls and be amusing!

It was a simple preparation required. ….I put in some empty containers from the recycling bin with water, then added a few drops of medical dye, creating gorgeous vibrant shades. 

There was a small number of absorbent paper towels and a couple of containers and trays from the recycle bin, and the color mixing invitation to play was set…

The girls started exploring in very diverse ways. ….Ruby started by pouring colors into the trays, and Tara utilized the spoon to investigate the colors slowly before moving on to the next.

The vast basins’ squeeze heads pose the perfect challenge for developing motor skills. Ruby needed to get used to pulling up paint in the baster and keep it in place until it was time for release.

As they became more comfortable with large droppers, mixing colors and forming on paper towels started. This is undoubtedly an outdoor activity because the basters contain many liquids. The paper towel absorbs some. However, some do end up on the ground when they squeeze, pour, and try placing colors over each other.

Ruby loved making egg cartons and filling them with eggs. …..

The children and Tara were having a lot of fun, Tara mixing paints and dropping paint on the tray…

Below is a photo of the grip Ruby uses when grasping…at the age of (3yrs)I would like her to use her hand over the spoon to provide her with more control. However, this is something we are striving to work on.

Activities like these that require using her wrists and fingers can help strengthen these muscles. I gently turn her wrist towards the preferred grip and then show her how to use the tools (including spoons while eating) by this method.

She spent a lot of time scooping out with the spoon before turning to drop paint on the towel. There were….lots of her wrists during this exercise.

Tara has greater control of her wrist and finger movements and enjoys using both hands in various ways to create different outcomes on her towel.

They designed some gorgeous patterns and had fun discussing the colors they used…

Simple task (as always!); however it honed their problem-solving and fine motor and eye-hand coordination abilities a workout!

To further extend this activity, you may want to try using smaller droppers than we used in action.

The paint can be used over and over until it runs out. We’ve enjoyed a long time of this game, keeping my girls entertained. I set it out on the table outdoors…you don’t have to keep using paper towels; the colors running and mixing at the table is a lot of fun! It’s simple, enjoyable, and great for exercising those muscle groups!

If you decide to give this a shot, post your photos within the Empowered educator Facebook community. I’d love to see your pictures!