MUD&marbles Fine Motor
Find The FUN IN Finemotor skills
There are so many activities and naturally occuring daily tasks that your child already engages in while strengthening their fine motor skills. Holding a spoon is just one of them. But sometimes we need to boost and strengthen those little muscles growing inside of those little hands. Over the years, I noticed that my students required simplified yet engaging fine motor challenges and tasks. I began creating these activities and implementing them into my classroom. Below I have showcased some of our class favourites!
Use items from nature with scissors and watch what happens!
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Loose Parts in Nature
Loose Parts in Nature
Loose Parts in Nature
Collect a variety of items from nature. Have your child explore and design their own natural mixed media collage. After reading the story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, you can have your students create their own leaf man using leaves collected from home with the help of their families!
Make A smoothie
Loose Parts in Nature
Loose Parts in Nature
Create a smoothie of your own! This is a super simple kindergarten cutting activity that can be used throughout the entire year. I have created two different versions (fruit & vegetable) to suite the needs of your students which allows you to differentiate. Simply print in black and white and have your little learners color, cut and glue. Perfect for a healthy choice unit! Pairs nicely after any read aloud involving food or healthy choices. This is a great fine motor activity!
Community Map Making
Loose Parts in Nature
Community Map Making
These super simple community maps are designed for kindergarten and grade 1. This is a pdf file and is easy to print and go! There are a variety of skill levelled maps included to meet the needs of your students allowing you to differentiate. Draw your own maps using the blank templates or use the road maps as an easy starter. If you'd like to boost fine motor skills there are also cut and paste maps with community icons included. Additionally, there are two different kinds of legends available. Use the legends as visual references or use them for cutting and gluing. Last but not least, the visual direction page will make it super simple to follow directions (color first, next cut and then glue)! This is a great resource to add to your social study unit.
Scissor soup
Pack A Picnic
Community Map Making
Warm up with a bowl of scissor soup! This is a super simple kindergarten cutting activity that can be used any time of the year. Works especially well during the cold winter months. I have created two different versions to suite the needs of your students which allows you to differentiate. Simply print in black and white and have your students color, cut and glue. Perfect for kindergarten!
Pizza pizza!
Pack A Picnic
Pack A Picnic
A perfect pizza printable product for kindergarten. This resource includes two easy activities covering a variety of skills. Use the My Pizza List page at the writing center which includes its own word bank or use the How To Make Pizza cut and paste sequencing page for procedure reflection and fine motor skills. Simply print in black and white. Perfect for World Pizza Day or anytime you are learning about pizza in class.
Pack A Picnic
Pack A Picnic
Pack A Picnic
Pack A Picnic Scissor Skills is a super simple kindergarten cutting activity that can be used in the warmer months as a center or as a focused task. I have created two different versions to suite the needs of your students which allows you to differentiate. Simply print in black and white and have your little learners color, cut and glue. Perfect for summer learning! Pairs nicely after any read aloud involving picnics.
Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset
This is a wonderful New Years 2026 cut and paste fine motor center/activity for younger grades including kindergarten or special education. Created to be super simple and fun! There are 3 different templates to choose from (summer, winter and sports). Students will reflect and decide (growth mindset) and choose 3 things they would like to try in the the new year based on the theme. Print your template, then color, cut and glue.
SliME
Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset
Hands down the best fine motor center in kindergarten! You might want to double the recipe:
1/2 Cup of Elmer's Glue (white or clear)
1/2 tsp of baking soda
Couple drops of food colouring
Mix ingredients together
Optional: add a few drops of essential oil
Add 1-2 Tbsp of contact solution and mix!
As the kids squeeze and mold the slime, those fine motor muscles in their hands receive quite the workout!
easy fine motor activities
bubble Wrap
Save your packaging or ask parents to donate bubble wrap. Cut your bubble wrap into smaller squares and place at the learning center for students to pop.
Hole punch paper
Place some smaller strips of paper at a center and add some hole punches.
rip & tear
Children love to rip and tear paper! This is such as an easy center! Place an assortment of paper inside a large sensory tub to contain the mess.
Marker lids
I have found that students in kindergarten love using markers but require a lot of reminders on how to care for them. Use this as the focus of your center. The 'job' at the center is to ensure marker lids get placed back on properly. I like to give a shout out to a student who can show and teach the class how to care for our precious markers!
Plasticine
Place some plasticine at a center. Plasticine alone is a much more challenging medium to work with compared to playdough. You may want to add some loose parts such as popsicle sticks.