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Strengthen the hands, improve eye-hand coordination, and expose your senses to this fun salt art activity! Children will squeeze a wet glue bottle along the spider web and then, sprinkle salt on top. Once dry, use watercolor paint to add color to the web!

Practice matching letters by clipping clothespins to the letter wheel. This activity is a great way to work on many skills such as letter recognition, strengthening the little fingers, improving pincer grasp, and is a pre-cursor to scissor cutting by engaging both hands. Tip: you can also write letters on clothespins using a marker if you cannot find ones as shown in the image.

Here’s a fun way to work on building fine motor skills! Children use their fingertips to roll Play-Doh into small balls and place them on their corresponding colors. Then, they will squish a pipe cleaner into the Play-Doh from one color to the next. To challenge your little one, include an additional step such as adding beads to the pipe cleaner as you can see for the purple pipe cleaner.

Match uppercase and lowercase letters (Aa-Zz) by clipping a clothespin to the card. Children will strengthen their little fingers, improve pincer grasp, separation of the hand, bilateral coordination, and more while learning to match their letters!

Practice proper letter formation by discovering hidden letters! Try this amazing activity to discover a new way of learning to write by following easy step-by-step instructions! This activity offers a sensory experience and helps to build fine motor skills. Handwriting will never be boring again!

Pick up pom poms or mini erasers and feed the hungry animal! This activity is great for strengthening the hands and eye-hand coordination. As a bonus, have the children walk like an animal to search for hidden pom poms around the room.

Strengthen the hands and fingers by using Play-Doh to build a dress for one of the four princesses. Then, add small objects such as beads or sequence to decorate the princess.

Practice counting and building fine motor skills by using Play-Doh! Children will roll Play-Doh into small balls while using their fingertips to create watermelon seeds.

Hop like a bunny to find hidden pom poms around the room. Use tongs, chopsticks, or clothespins to pick up the pom poms and match the colored pom pom to the bunny tail. This activity is great for strengthening the hands, hand arches, and color recognition and matching.

Find hidden uppercase letters and practice writing them down on your bee worksheet! Children will learn proper letter formation, which begins at the top, by follow the visual cue! Visit us on instagram (@learn_pal) to see how to put this project together!

Practice counting (#1 - 20) while strengthening the little fingers by attaching a clothespin to the correct corresponding number. This is a great way to get the hands ready for scissor cutting and pencil grasp activities.

Trace the sand castle with wet glue and then, add sand on top of the glue to create your own sand castle art! This activity is great for sensory and strengthening the hands when children have to squeeze the wet glue bottle.

Practice counting while building fine motor skills with this fun activity! Children will attach paperclips together to build a leash for their numbered fur friend.

Search for hidden lowercase letters and practice writing them on your bee sheet! This fun craft is a great way to engage children in handwriting while working on many other skills!

Practice putting together short words by their sounds and image. Children get an extra skill out of this activity by practicing cutting along straight lines.

Roll a die and cover the number on the shark by using a coin! This is a great way to work on pincer grasp and number recognition!

Practice writing the beginning sounds for each picture!

Children will practice lacing cards to improve fine motor and eye-hand coordination skills.