Gross motor activities

I have found that getting my little ones to get their large muscle groups working is also helpful in helping them to focus on fine motor activities.

This post has some great, simple gross motor activities that you can do with your kids.

Remember to keep it fun, and add as many variations as you can think of to keep your kids interested and involved!

Fun Sensory activity

Check out this fantastic sensory activity that you can create with just a little effort at home.

The baked cotton balls sound like so much fun, and I can just imagine my little ones smashing these and crushing them with their hands.

The mixing and measuing activities involved in the preparation are also great fine motor activities – getting little fingers to work to build strength and develop co-ordination!

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10 Simple, fun fine motor activities

A list of ten fun, simple fine motor activities for your kids.

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Right or left handed? Fine motor activities to promote preferred hand

A great article on fine motor activities to promote the preferred hand of your little one. Includes some ideas for simple games and activities that promote a preferred hand, and methods for determining which hand is the preferred hand of your little one.

Fine motor activities with pom poms and matchsticks

I love this great idea that you can add to your list of fine motor activities.

Tweezers are a great activity for strengthening little fingers, and developing fine motor control and co-ordination. The addition of the brightly colour matchsticks and pom poms is a great way to make it exciting and fun for the kids – and couldn’t be simpler to set up!

Tips for using play to help kids learn

Kids love to play, and if you can keep games entertaining and fun, they can also be used as a great learning opportunity.

This article has some great tips for teaching kids facts, whilst keeping it entertaining and fun. If you can do that, you will be amazed how quickly your little ones will learn, wihtout them even realising it!!

Dyslexics increase reading speed by an average 20%

I recently stumbled across this artice which describes the results of a study that showed that increasing the spacing between letters and words in text resulted in an average 20% improvement in reading speed for dyslexic children, and also increased accuracy!

It sometimes amazes me that something so simple can make such a profound difference!

It appears that there is an app available which will aid in their research, and at the same time allow you to determine your optimal letter spacing.

Hopefully this will help someone out there, but even if it doesn’t help you or your little one, please consider helping others by downloading the app and participating in the research!

Two handed strength and co-cordination

Painting is an activity that always generates a lot of excitement and fun in our house, as I am sure it does with most little ones! Check out this great use of a “mister” tool (sort of like a manually pumped air brush) to develop strength and co-ordination in both hands.

Just another way to get keep the fun and excitement in your strengthening and fine motor activities.