Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Play

There are so many fun ways to practice fine motor skills with young learners, and I especially love providing festive ideas for celebrating an upcoming holiday.

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This activity can be used for your child to practice transferring objects from one container to another.

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To get started, provide your kiddos with a variety of different containers, utensils, and craft poms.

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Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I pulled out some fun heart-shaped containers and our red, pink, purple, and white poms.

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Another fun idea that adds an extra challenge is to try to use the fine motor tools to place poms on the backside of these Bathtub Grippy Dots.

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It’s also fun to use a water dropper and try to see how many drops of water you can fit on each little dot on the backs of these.

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My girls decided to begin mixing up some "recipes." They made make-believe soup and spaghetti. When the pompoms get inside that little whisk, freeing them is more fine motor work for your kiddo!

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Let your little ones explore—scooping, pouring, mixing, and creating!

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