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Fine motor skills are so crucial for the child to learn to write. Maria Montessori also pointed out that the development of the fine motor is directly connected to the development of the brain. Many fine motor activities are practical and represent work that is usually done in real life.

This is the reason why it is quite simple for parents and teachers to create practical fine motor learning experiences – most of the time they use objects and things found at home and everyday items. Also, LEGO play and playdough and plasticine activities, painting, and drawing help children exercise their finger muscles.
Fine Motor activities can be divided into several different types. Let’s have a look at some examples of matching, grading, and sorting. Simple grains, buttons, small manipulatives like beads, and marbles will do a great job. These types of activities always must be done with adults’ supervision as they can become a choking hazard.
Spooning and transferring are always loved by children. You often can spot gorgeous ceramic, wooden bowls and plates, small baskets, and jewelry boxes together with chopsticks and beautiful spoons used to make these activities more attractive. Generally, you can purchase many of these items in thrift shops and markets. Water fine motor exploration is also a lot of fun for kids.
In addition, the metal insets, stencils, puzzle piece tracing, and art activities for kids – are a few more examples of different ways to develop and build fine motor skills.
Here are some examples of fine motor exercises you may like to practice with your students.

Screwing lids (source)

Making designs with seeds and nuts (source)


Loose Parts and Pattern Pages
The other day we used some loose parts and our free printable alphabet pages to practice some of the letters Noah has trouble remembering.
We had so much fun with that simple loose parts activity that I decided to make some pattern pages to play with too.
Eye Dropper Activity Tray
Eye droppers are fabulous tools for kids. They work the small muscles in their hands, which they need to develop for writing, plus you can do so many fun things with them!
My ten year old helped me set up a surprise for her little brother and together we created this fun eye dropper activity tray.
Awesome Ideas for Threading Activities.
All my kids loved to thread stuff when they were little. Sometimes we made necklaces or bracelets, sometimes cool sun-catchers or things to hang, and sometimes just for the challenge and enjoyment of threading all kinds of little bits and pieces onto a string or similar.
How to Teach Kids to Sew Using Burlap and Yarn
Learning how to sew on burlap is a great sewing lesson for beginners. One of my favorite activities as a child was sewing burlap with yarn. I loved practicing embroidery stitches and making elaborate pictures that I cherished for years.
Hands-on Montessori Homeschool Activities for a 5-year old.
Activities for preparation for writing – process art activity creating patterns and prints on the sand tray with a bamboo stick and natural loose parts.
DIY Africa Map and Pin Flags - Hands-on Geography Activity
There are amazing non-fiction works of literature available on Africa that help to lay a wonderful background for learning about all the different aspects of the continent. With interactive and tactile activities children absorb all the fascinating facts and gain deep Geographical knowledge about the continent whilst working on enhancing their concentration skills, literacy, numeracy, and fine motor skills.
Fall Activities For Kids
One of the great advantages for children who grow up in Montessori inspired environment – is exposure to real-life materials and tools. The secret is to allow children the opportunity and freedom to experience the benefits of simple everyday tasks we, adults do so effortlessly, in a safe environment without being rushed.
Pin Poking Activities + Free Printables.
Pushpin (or pin poking) activity is one of the popular fine motor activities in the Montessori classroom. I would like to share with you different ways to use pins and pin poking which greatly benefit the child’s development. You will find that pins are often used in activities for different purposes.
Ladybug Math for Preschoolers (Free Printables Count & Clip)
We have been having so much fun with our ladybug unit study. I can’t wait to share all of the fun activities we have been doing. Ladybugs just seems like the perfect thing to enjoy and learn about in the spring and summer. I hope these fun count and clip cards bring a little sunshine and luck into your days.
Paper Plate Heart Sewing Craft - Red Ted Art - Make crafting with kids easy & fun
This sewing craft makes a perfect Valentine's Crafts for Preschoolers – not only does it look pretty, is EASY, but also is great for fine motor skills development. You can’t really “go wrong – the kids can work on this sewing craft whichever way they want. And it is a great introduction to sewing skills for young kids.
Match the Dot Printable
Match the Dots Printables for Alphabet Letters, Numbers and Shapes is a great activity for fine motor development, control and concentration. It is also a great way to introduce children to learning letters, numbers and shapes.
Ladybug Learning Activities - Free Printable
Join and download many free printables with many coloring and tracing cards.
Spooning Activities
Combine (and recombine) these intriguing components to create fresh variations of spooning to challenge your children all year.
Water transfer with sponge
This is such a simple activity. You don’t have to buy anything new! All you need are two bowls and a sponge. We used a little one, but a bigger one might work better because more water can be transferred at once.
Free Sandbox Writing Cards for Pre-Writing
Walking by the Way has a creative set of free sandbox writing cards for pre-writing available for you to download. Simply print the cards, set up a small sandbox area, and have your child “write” in the sand.
Put the numbers on the clothesline {math printables}
A girl is working on learning her numbers. Although she can count to 10, she only recognizes a few numbers. I have been trying to come up with creative ways to help her practice number recognition and number ordering. I created this activity, which I call Put the Numbers on the Clothesline, to capitalize on her interest in all things domestic to give her some additional practice.
Bird Unit 2 with Free Printables
This unit is crammed pack full of Montessori-inspired bird themed activities and free printables in several different subject areas. My kids loved it so much. We hope you do too!
Montessori-Inspired After Mother’s Day Flower Petal Transfer for Toddlers and Preschoolers
I hate to throw away my flowers once they get old, so I’ve discovered ways to use them for Montessori-inspired activities. Today, I want to share an after Mother’s Day flower petal transfer activity that can be adapted for toddlers or preschoolers. It’s perfect for after Mother’s Day, your birthday, Valentine’s Day, or your anniversary … any time you have roses.
Fine Motor and Sorting~Seed Tray
During our preschool seed theme I put together a seed tray for the kids to explore. They each used the tray in different ways, and it gave us a lot of opportunities to practice fine motor skills, engage in math activities, and discuss the properties of seeds.
4 DIY Baby and Toddler Toys for Motor Skills
Use recycled materials to create 4 homemade toys for babies and toddlers! They are simple to make, cost very little to put together and are great for promoting fine and gross motor skills, concentration, curiosity and cause and effect, amongst other benefits.
DIY Learning Hands-On Activities for 3-Year-Olds
It's very easy to set up fun and inviting activities to help children foster their fine motor movement, for example like this transferring activity with items that are readily available.
Montessori Inspired Easter Shelves.
Here are some Easter Montessori shelf activities to encourage work on developing hand grip, finger strength, concentration, fine motor skills.
6 Simple & Effective Fine Motor Skills Activities with Water
Most school programs offer fine motor skills development, but there are also a wealth of simple steps parents and caregivers can take at home to help enhance these skills. Here are five fun, developmentally appropriate ideas to encourage these skills using basic household supplies and water.
How Kids Develop Fine Motor Skills in a Montessori Environment
As you know, building fine motor skills starts at an early age. Furthermore, it allows little ones to set the foundations for learning, coordination, and performing everyday tasks. These tasks can involve fun activities for kids!
Christmas Fine Motor Craft
I picked these two simple, yet beautiful and exciting activities to make handmade Christmas ornaments that can be a sweet present for the child to give.
Montessori inspired ideas for infant/toddler playgroup.
Great fine motor exercise that gets wrists and muscles in little hands working.
Free Printables From Montessori Nature
- Pine Tree Life Cycle
- Color, Cut Out, Build, And Label The Ant
- Color, Cut Out, Build, And Label The Fish
- Gemstones 3 Part Cards
- Wild Animal Families Puzzles And Cards
- Forest Matching Cards – Free Nature Printable
- Beach Poster, Match Up Cards – Free Printables
- Whale Size Comparison Poster, Match Up Cards
- DIY Puzzles And Coloring Pages – Vincent Van Gogh Vase With Twelve Sunflowers
- 10 Types Of Vertebrates And 10 Types Of Invertebrates
- Seahorse Life Cycle And Parts Of The Seahorse
- Coral Reef Animals Poster, Match Up Cards
- 10 Types Of Terrestrial Mammals And 10 Types Of Marine Mammals – Free Summer Printable
- Elephant Life Cycle And Parts Of An African Elephant
- Zebra Life Cycle And Parts Of A Zebra
- 10 Types Of Butterflies And 10 Types Of Ladybugs – Free Sorting Printable
- Parts Of A Grasshopper And Grasshopper Life Cycle
- Parts Of A Bear And Types Of Bears
- Chicken Life Cycle And Parts Of A Chicken Embryo
- Skip Counting Student Helper Posters And Worksheets s
- Deer Life Cycle And Parts Of A Deer
- Number Tracing And Formation Activity
- Mushroom Life Cycle 3 Part Cards, Poster And Blackline
- Sums With Bead Bars – Clip Cards And Worksheets With Teen Numbers
- Addition Clip Cards
- Number Bonds – Addition With Bead Bars Sums Of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, And 10
- Earthworm Life Cycle, Parts Of An Earthworm, 3 Part Cards, Blackline Masters
- Parts Of The Volcano Poster, 3 Part Cards, Blackline Masters
- Parts Of The Snail And Snail Life Cycle Printables
- Parts Of A Bottlenose Dolphin And Dolphin Life Cycle
- Place Value Mats, Task Cards, And Tracing Worksheets
- Hummingbird Learning Activities
- Ladybug Learning Activities
- Turtle Learning Activities
- Gemstones – Posters And Matching Cards
- Nature Journal
- Valentine’s Day Coloring Cards
- Geoboard Task Cards
- Free One Week Planner For Preschool Children With Low Prep Hands-On Activities
- Free Montessori Baby And Toddler Printable Materials
- Flamingo Life Cycle And Parts Of A Flamingo
- DIY Winter Puzzles And Art Activities – Painting “The Starry Night” By Vincent Van Gogh
- Winter Animals
- Arctic Animals
- Owl Life Cycle And Parts Of An Owl
- Squirrel Life Cycle And Parts Of A Squirrel
- Characteristics Of The Emperor Penguin
- Platypus Life Cycle And Parts Of A Platypus
- Macaw Life Cycle And Parts Of A Macaw
- Polar Bear Life Cycle And Parts Of A Polar Bear
- Giraffe Life Cycle And Parts Of A Giraffe
- Hedgehog Life Cycle And Parts Of A Hedgehog
- Bat Life Cycle And Parts Of A Bat
- DIY Winter Puzzles And Art Activities – Painting “Maslenitsa” By Boris Kustodiev
- Butterflies And Moths Sort
- Types Of Flowers Match Up
- Poppy Life Cycle And Parts Of The Red Poppy
- Silent E Learning To Read Cards
- Addition And Subtraction Cards – Single Digits
- Rabbit Life Cycle And Parts Of A Rabbit
- Animals In Spring – Activities, Resources, And Free Printables
- Multiplication Charts
- Lined Writing Paper Handwriting Practice
- Blue Jay Life Cycle And Parts Of A Blue Jay
- Giant Panda Life Cycle And Parts Of A Giant Panda
- Manatee Life Cycle And Parts Of A Manatee
- Nocturnal And Diurnal Animals Sort
- Viviparous And Oviparous Animals Sort
- Mothers And Their Young Animals Sort
- Constellations And Planets Sort
- Farm Animal Families Puzzles
- The Earth Goes Around The Sun – Free Geography Printable
- Pea Plant Life Cycle And Parts Of A Pea Plant
- Tulip Life Cycle And Parts Of A Tulip
- Tomato Life Cycle And Parts Of A Tomato Plant
So many resources! Thanks for all the ideas and for connecting so many Montessori folks!
Great activities here.
Thank you so much for including a link to my Very Hungry Caterpillar post (real leaf threading)!
– Rachel (",)
http://www.stimulatinglearning.co.uk
There are great Montessori bloggers out there..
Your ideas are very inspirational!
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