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The Importance of Fine Motor Skills in Early Childhood

The Importance of Fine Motor Skills in Early Childhood Education. #finemotorskills #kindergartenprep

As parents, you play a critical role in your child’s fine motor skill development. The most important thing you can do is to provide opportunities that are fun and interactive for your child. Developing fine motor skills in early childhood education helps build the foundation for important future skills like writing and self-care. In this article we’ll walk you through the importance of fine motor skills and what you can do to help your child build them.

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Letter Recognition Activities

Letter Recognition and Letter Identification Activities! Fun hands-on and no prep activities for toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten! Perfect for parents and teachers teaching children the alphabet. #letterrecognition #letteridentification #funearlylearning

Here are some amazing alphabet activities for helping children recognize uppercase and lowercase letters. These are a mix of hands-on and no prep activities. They are perfect for toddlers, preschool and kindergartners! Help your child learn letter recognition, identification and writing!

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Sheep Craft for Kids with Printable Template

Fun Sheep Craft for Kids! Great printable template for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten! #sheepcraft #freeprintable #funearlylearning

We made an adorable sheep craft this week! It was a quick and easy kid’s craft that turned out great! One of the things I love about this craft is that it uses mop strings instead of regular cotton balls. Your children are going to love this fun sheep craft!

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Fun Indoor Activities for Kids in Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten

Fun indoor activities for kids at home or in schools! Great learning activities, easy crafts, games and more for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary at home or in schools.

I know it can be overwhelming trying to figure out what to do with your littles while home during this unique time. I’ve put together some fun indoor activities that will keep your littles engaged, learning, and having fun. The great news is that you can use materials that you already have at home. 🙂

This is a mix of free printables and paid, premium products. That way you can choose what best fits your needs. These indoor activities use many hands-on learning materials. I find the more options you have for children, the more engaged they are! These activities include pom poms, play dough, glass beads, scissors, glue, and more!

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Popcorn and Cranberry Measurement Activity

Fun measurement activity for preschool and kindergarten! Learn counting, measuring, and fine motor skills while strining popcorn and cranberries! #measurement #mathcenter #funearlylearning

We absolutely love activities where we string things together! Whether it’s stringing popcorn, cranberries, cereal or beads. We always have a fun time! For this Popcorn and Cranberry Measurement activity, we strung popcorn and cranberries and then measured how long our strands were. This activity helped to build our fine motor skills and early math skills. It was so easy and fun to do! You have to try this with your littles!

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