The children met several new challenges and activities in the classroom as we returned from the break. Many of them incorporate new fine motor challenges.
Before learning how to write, children need to gain control and strength in the small muscles of the hands.
In clay, the children are pushing and pulling, poking and flattening, blending and building as they develop hand strength.
Opportunities with spoons and tweezers slow down movements for hand-eye coordination.
While acting out the rhyme, Three Little Kittens, the children are practicing putting on gloves and mittens independently and building control as they use clothes pins to hang their mittens up to dry.
Busy fingers are moving and counting shells and also perfecting the drawing of circles and lines as numbers of shells are recorded on paper.
Fine motor skills are a focus for the Rocks and Rivers Classes in the winter months.
