Holiday Newsletter from Jan at The Fine Motor Store. I am always excited about the holidays, snow, and fun themes for December. Reflecting on this past year, there is so much to be thankful for and I hope that my products can inspire students to still have the...
Sale on the newly updated Gingerbread Fine Motor and Writing Product Product link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sale-PreK-Kindergarten-First-Grade-Gingerbread-Man-Fine-Motor-and-Writing-2237247 Gingerbread theme! So much fun! This product includes...
Half Off Sale - November 1 only! Save big with the November OT half off sale! OT vendors on TPT have put 2 products at half price - November 1 only. Search TPT for #OTHalfOFFSale Direct store link is: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Fine-Motor-Store...
Fun Way to Set Up Fine Motor Centers! This is a table from Sam’s Warehouse. My husband sawed the legs down to make it shorter, and replaced the rubber caps. Then we used footstools at each lab. The rings are gross motor rings from educational catalogs. This...
Bat Tree Freebie: This is a fun FREEBIE. Make a popcycle stick tree. The base was a cone. You could cover the popcycle sticks with brown construction paper. Print out the bats and attach to hair bands. Use tongs or tweezers to put the bats in the tree....
Why Hold Tongs Correctly? Tongs are such a GREAT way to work on the separation of the 2 sides of the hand (radial manipulation - thumb, index and long finger and ulnar stabilization = 4th and 5th fingers). They are a FUN way to work on pencil grip and readiness...
FREE Tongs Activities and How to Hold Tongs Video! Make your own Pencil Pox Activities with Tongs! Use the centimeter cubes from www.eaieducation.com. Bamboo tongs from Pampered Chef are my favorite! Holding tongs correctly is important....
Apple Fine Motor Lab Ideas for September These apple labs are perfect for fine motor and writing centers in September! Read below to see what fine motor skills the labs work on. You can set up your own creative labs with the container labels. We put the labs on...
This video shows how to set up fine motor labs with our Pumpkin themed fine motor centers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gztXGIHM9Y&t=20s Here is the link to the Pumpkin Themed Fine Motor Labs:...
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I am Jan McCleskey creator of the Fine Motor Store and owner of The Handwriting Clinic