10 fun activities to develop fine motor skills
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Fine motor skills, as its name suggests, aim to develop certain small muscles in the fingers and hands to make precise movements to reach, grasp or manipulate small objects.
It is found in everyday gestures: fastening buttons, tying shoes, holding a pencil properly, cutting, etc.
Here are 10 activities that will help your little one develop their grasp of objects, the dissociation of their fingers and the precision of their gestures.
Puzzles.
Puzzles put your child's fine motor skills to the test. Taking one small piece at a time and turning it over on all sides to place it in the right place requires a lot of dexterity... and perseverance.
Surgery.
On the operating table, Sam, the patient, is not feeling very well. By operating on him, he is either cured or a bell rings. Your child will have to remove all his crazy injuries: a pencil in the arm, a butterfly in the stomach, a bucket of water in the knee…
Mikado.
Will he be able to remove one by one the chopsticks worth the most points, without moving the others?
Dr. Eureka.
It's madness in the lab! Dr. Eureka needs help to carry out his experiments. He has to transfer the marbles from tube to tube as quickly as possible to become the best mad scientist.
Mosaic cubes.
Your child must slide a model sheet under the grid embedded in the lid of the box, then make the mosaic.
Equilibrio.
Dexterity, ingenuity and perseverance: he will need them to succeed in building the 60 vertical structures proposed. The first ones are easy, but the more he progresses, the more difficult it will be.
Some activities that cost nothing... or almost nothing.
For each activity, suggest that he start with his dominant hand. After several repetitions or when he has mastered the gesture, he can continue playing by trying to use the other hand.
Dice.
Using his thumb-index pliers, your child places three dice in the palm of his hand. Then he throws a single die on the table. Then, he must pick up the two dice one by one from the palm of his hand and place them on the table to illustrate the same value as the die thrown.
Mr. Thumb.
Each finger touches the thumb in turn: the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger. Repeat 5 times with the dominant hand, then with the other hand. Then, do both hands at the same time. When your child has become a real champion, he can put his hands behind his head to do the same movement, but without looking.
The paperclip chain.
Your child must attach paperclips together to make the longest chain he can.
The macaroni necklace.
He will have fun making original necklaces and will be happy to offer one to all the members of the family!
On your fingers, get set, play!