Sorting objects into compartments or categories helps support a variety of cognitive skills such as matching and problem solving as well as encourages fine motor and language skills. Children will show a sense of pride and accomplishment once they are able to complete the activity and tend to do it repeatedly until they feel like they have mastered it. (Please click for more information and photos.)
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The 4 dressing frames that we have in our classroom are a velcro frame, a zipper frame, a button frame and a snap dressing frame. These are all part of the practical life area. The dressing frames encourage fine motors skills, eye-hand coordination, as well as foster independence and self help skills. (Please click for the full photos.)
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This box with drawer and ball activity allows the children to practice their eye-hand coordination skills and refine their movement. The children fulfill their need for repetition and develop an understanding of object permanence. (Please click for the full photos and more information.)
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Puzzles allow a child to enhance their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration, and problem-solving skills. They are also useful tools for children to begin to recognize shapes. Children are offered simple shape puzzles to begin with and move on to more complex puzzles to challenge them as they become more skilled. (Please click for more information).
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The possibilities are endless when building with blocks. Constructing with blocks enhances eye-hand coordination along with fine motor and cognitive skills through a creative and scientific approach. Language skills are also encouraged as the child describes what they are building.
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Pop-up activities allow the child to develop their fine motor strength, hand-eye coordination, curiosity, and concentration. As they explore, their actions elicit a response, and the child can observe a cause-and-effect relationship.
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The pop-up toy is a very popular activity among young children. The object of this activity is for children to manipulate the different knobs on the toy using their hands and fingers in order to reveal what is hidden underneath. Once revealed, they will push the characters down and do it all over again. This activity helps promote fine motor skills and cognitive skills such as problem solving as well as cause and effect.
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We offer a variety of materials that the children enjoy working with that encourage the development and coordination of hand movements. These activities help to foster small movements of the hands, offer a number of variations for grasping, eye/hand co-ordination, and encourage the use of two hands working together as well as separately.
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Sonia will show us how to cut a piece of paper on a line! You can draw or print out any lines or shapes you would like, and use child-safe scissors to cut them out. Let’s see some examples! Please click to watch the video!
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The Under 2 children work on grasping, reaching, releasing, and turning the wrist activities that develop their fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination. These activities help to prepare for future daily life activities such as writing, drawing, self-dressing, and cutting. (Please click for more information.)
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