Activities for Fine Motor Skills Development

Activities for Fine Motor Skills Development
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2003-02-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0743936892

Use dozens of easy, practical activities to help children develop shoulder, wrist, hand, and finger coordination. As they gain control, they ll be preparing for success in cutting, drawing, and writing.

Handy Learning

Handy Learning
Author: Susan Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Activity programs in education
ISBN: 9780615273730

Basics of Fine Motor Skills

Basics of Fine Motor Skills
Author: Heather Greutman
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2017-03-22
Genre: Motor ability in children
ISBN: 9781544058337

Your Guide to Fine Motor Skill Development in the Home, Classroom, or Therapy Practice. Learn all of the basics of fine motor development and get age appropriate fine motor activity suggestions for kids of all ages. In Basics of Fine Motor Skills, you'll learn which skills are important for fine motor development, plus what fine motor development looks like in children at all age levels. Explore how gross motor, visual-motor, and sensory processing skills affect fine motor development. Plus learn what fine motor red flags to look for as your child develops. Get activity ideas and suggestions for all the different fine motor skills and also find age appropriate activities based on your child's skills and abilities. Your go-to-guide for everything fine motor related, it's the perfect resource for parents, teachers, and therapists.

Activities for Gross Motor Skills Development

Activities for Gross Motor Skills Development
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0743936906

Help students build body awareness and improve overall movement. Includes skills checklists, ideas for ball and equipment usage, sensory experiences, and more!

Mighty Fine Motor Fun

Mighty Fine Motor Fun
Author: Christy Isbell
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1458761495

Teachers know how important it is to develop children's fine motor skills as a stepping stone to future learning, and Mighty Fine Motor Fun provides you with the tools and information you need to teach fine motor skills to children ages 3 to 5. The activities in Mighty Fine Motor Fun are organized by age; they are useful and creative, but most important, they are fun! With few materials needed, the activities are perfect for both large and small groups and are easy to integrate into any curriculum. Activities include; Moving Bubbles Hide-and-Seek Playdough Tape It Up! Shape Person Itsy Bitsy Writing Utensils Paper Mobile And many more! In the final chapter of the book, author and occupational therapist Christy Isbell answers questions from real preschool teachers, including; ''should preschoolers use 'fat' or 'skinny' pencils?'' ''What type of paper is best for cutting?'' ''When should a child use an adult-like grasp of the pencil?'' Teachers will appreciate the practical, real-world knowledge Isbell offers, and children will love the playful, absorbing activities!

Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome

Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome
Author: Maryanne Bruni
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Down syndrome
ISBN: 9781890627676

This book explains the best practices and procedures for helping children master the finger and hand skills needed for home and school activities.

Fine Motor ABC

Fine Motor ABC
Author: Stacie Erfle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-04-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692679586

Bulk pricing available. Contact Stacie at www.skillbuilderbooks.com for more information. "I recommend Fine Motor ABC for all of my students. It's a valuable tool for kids with typical development and for those with delayed motor skills." Melissa Whitten, Preschool Teacher Build skills one page at a time with Fine Motor ABC; 26 targeted activities designed for children ages 4 to 7. This alphabet themed book is an engaging and easy-to-implement resource that helps kids of all abilities develop foundational and functional fine motor skills. Each activity in the book is accompanied by a photograph showing how to perform the task, corresponding alphabet hand sign, and two sections of text. The main text is a rhyming couplet written in children's book style. It is a quick, fun, and engaging description of the activity. This gets kids interested and gives simple vocabulary to use when completing or discussing each task. The bottom text is designed to give teachers, parents, and caregivers more information about what the activity is addressing and its importance. This empowers adults with the knowledge of not only what to do to help kids develop skills, but how to do it, and why. Whether you simply read through the book, do all 26 activities in a row, or something in between, know that each time a child interacts with Fine Motor ABC they are building skills for success.

Everyday Play

Everyday Play
Author: Christy Isbell
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0876593309

Develop the fine motor skills your child needs for school success! Fine motor skills are a stepping-stone for school readiness, and Everyday Play gives you the tools you need to make developing those skills easy and fun! Organized by age for easy reference, the dozens of creative activities in Everyday Play are inexpensive, require few or no materials, and are easy to do with your child. Best of all, they give you and your child great ways to have fun while laying the foundation for important fine motor skills that your child needs for school. Activities include: • No-Mess Finger Painting • Marble Painting • Racing Tracks • Squeezy Water Play • Graph Paper Art • Water Droppers Holding a pencil, drawing a line, zipping a coat— Everyday Play helps your child accomplish all these milestones and more. With a chapter of frequently asked questions from real parents, developmental guidelines, and easy strategies for teaching your child important skills, Everyday Play is the book you need to ensure your child is ready for school.

Strengthening Fine Motor Skills

Strengthening Fine Motor Skills
Author: Penny Groves
Publisher: Lda Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-01-16
Genre: Education, Elementary
ISBN: 9780742402706

This workbook, designed for students in grades K-3 to reinforce correct letter and word formations, includes activities that improve visual tracking skills using auditory and tactile components to identify the position of easily reversed letters in isolated words. Reproducibles included. Illustrations. Consumable. (Available now)