Fine Motor Play: Developing Fine Motor Skills!
Class experience
This quick, 20 minute ongoing class is designed to help young learners strengthen their fine motor skills through fun, creative activities. Fine motor skills (movement of hand, fingers, and thumb) are important for a variety of everyday tasks, from eating, to writing, to getting dressed, and more! As learners strengthen and develop these fine motor skills they will be more independent in performing these tasks. In this class learners will complete quick activities to help develop and...
Learners will develop fine motor skills through different activities.
A materials list will be posted in the classroom at least 4 days before each class. Materials will often be common household items, but please check the list to be sure you have all materials on hand for the week! Please e-mail me with any questions. Ms. Meredith Week 1: dry pasta (with a hole such as penne, rigatoni, etc.), yarn (or similar string, not too thin), piece of tape Week 2: dry beans (or something similar size and weight), piece of paper, marker, printed pdf document from teacher (optional) Week 3: kitchen sponge (not silicone, needs to hold water), two bowls, water, plastic or table cloth under working area Week 4: stickers, paper Week 5: pipe cleaners, beads (optional) Week 6: paint (your preferred, not watercolor), Q-tips, paper, plastic or table cloth under working area
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Learners will be using common household items to perform different tasks. Your learner may need help with some of the tasks (stringing, grasping, pinching) please be available to assist your learner if necessary. Some weeks may involve painting, stickers, Play Doh (may contain wheat, which may cause an allergic reaction to those sensitive to wheat/gluten), etc. We will talk about using these materials appropriately and responsibly in class, but please be present to supervise your learner if they need more assistance with these particular materials.
Ciao ciao! I'm Ms. Meredith and I live in northeastern Massachusetts. I consider myself to be a lifelong learner, and I hope to motivate others, especially young learners, to become lifelong learners as well! I aim to encourage young learners to...
Group Class
$6
weekly1x per week
20 min
Completed by 13 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 3-5
2-5 learners per class