Finger gym

Remember to keep those hands strong 

Here are fun ways to build fine motor skills.

• Draw and color pictures (using broken crayons promotes better grip): Create a comic or book, copy characters from a book, magazine or favorite show
• Build with small Legos
• Cut and create crafts with art supplies (you can even use the fun blade scissors)
• Tear art- tearing different colored paper and gluing to create a design
• Practice correct letter formation by writing in salt, sugar, whipped cream, or shaving cream on a cookie sheet
• Single-hand hole punch 
• Use tweezers/tongs/clothespins to pick up or move small objects out of the egg carton.
• Use bread dough, pizza dough, etc., to squeeze with your index finger and thumb to hunt for dried pieces of pasta hidden inside
• Place coins, beads, and Legos into play dough to pull out
• Roll, cut, squeeze, design with play dough or putty
• Place a washcloth or hand towel under water, and have your child wring out the water
• Use a water bottle to squirt out water on cement/sidewalk.  Have them squirt to make shapes and letters.

Hand strengthening through: 

Everyday Play

Fun

Playdough

Cutting 

Geoboards 

Math Cutting Cards