Who doesn’t love a pizza?! This fine motor pizza is going to target the foundations for pencil grip and ultimately pencil control. This is the all-in-one pizza with all the fine motor toppings included! Perfect for fine motor activities for …
For years I have stubbornly refused to give age norms for the development of scissor skills milestones. This is because I firmly believe that following and mastering each developmental sequence is way more important than the age at which they …
There is nothing like the excitement of the season to engage our children in the very activities they generally choose to avoid because they are difficult. These gorgeous skull and crossbones Halloween cutting activities are right up there with the …
Cutting assists children to develop their fine motor hand muscles for pencil control and handwriting. I believe it to be one of the most valuable pre-writing skills we have. The cutting motion develops the exact muscles and movement patterns we …
Our fine motor skills practice monster activities will enable you to have fun with your child while developing their working and assisting hands. The preferred hand is often called the dominant hand and needs to work together with the assisting …
In-hand manipulation is the ability to move small objects around in the palm of the hand without the other hand helping. It is an important skill for our children to develop because it is what enables them to pick up …
Cutting is the bomb for developing pencil grip and pencil control for handwriting. If we can get our children to both master and enjoy cutting, we will go a long way to establishing the muscle and motor foundations for pencil …
If we want our children to improve their fine motor skills and pencil control for handwriting, they have to be on board. We cannot do it to them. We cannot “fix” the foundation skills for handwriting for them. They have …
We pay a huge amount of attention to pencil grip and how to teach our children to hold the pencil correctly. But when it comes to cutting, we tend not to give as much attention to how to hold scissors. …