Fine Motor Coordination Skills Activities

Developing coordination skills is a must for every child, and some are more coordinated than others. My oldest is a little slow on his fine motor skills and so I like to incorporate creative tasks into our daily routine to help him- without it feeling like work.

*Play Let’s Go Fishin (seen in picture above)

*Wood Puzzles

*Lacing puzzles or threading beads

*Flying Cheerios (My son HATES lacing puzzles & threading beads bc it’s boring- so I came up with Flying Cheerios. He threads a set number of Cheerios that I’ve designated through with a piece of floss. Then I tie it and he “flies” it in front of a stationary fan.)

*Tracing

*Catching balls

*Balance an egg or other object in a spoon. Make it a race!

*Cutting paper- make snowflakes!

*Make a mosaic out of stickers or by gluing construction paper.

*Typing games on the computer.

*Stacking blocks in a tall tower.

*Throwing a ball in a hoop.

*Baking- have your child help you measure the ingredients.

*Electronic handheld gaming systems or using a remote control like for a Wii.

*Kicking a ball across the yard. Try to make a goal!

*Songs with hand movements like “Miss Mary Mack”.

*Picking beads of a specific color out of a box full of colored beads.

*Playing hopscotch or tic tac toe.