ProudGrandma Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 My 6 year old son needs to develop his fine motor skills a little bit more...what can I do to help him with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoshannon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 My daughter is in Montessori school right now and they have them using tweezers to move something from one bowl to another. You could also try the game Operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I've been working on this a lot with my ds 6. Coloring (he has liked to color pre-cut shapes), dot to dots, geoboard with elastic bands, scissor cutting (preschool workbooks), helping to measure things with cooking or baking. Also, tracing shapes, playing with putty, playdough, tug of war, thumb wars, spinning small tops, legos, writing/drawing on the wall (paper or whiteboard). Lots of pre-writing skills, like tracing lines and I think piano has helped a lot too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I've got my ds6 doing the Kumon Easy Crafts Workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I've been working on this a lot with my ds 6. Coloring (he has liked to color pre-cut shapes), dot to dots, geoboard with elastic bands, scissor cutting (preschool workbooks), helping to measure things with cooking or baking. Also, tracing shapes, playing with putty, playdough, tug of war, thumb wars, spinning small tops, legos, writing/drawing on the wall (paper or whiteboard). Lots of pre-writing skills, like tracing lines and I think piano has helped a lot too! I'm doing a lot of this with mine, but our OT also suggested picking up pom-poms with tweezers and we use this http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-5803-Scatterpillar-Scramble/dp/B001R6ATZW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Work on gross motor skills too because they feed the fine motor skills. Activities like painting murals (yeah outside activity :lol:) are good for that because they have to move their whole arm. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Perler beads, Legos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 My 6 year old son needs to develop his fine motor skills a little bit more...what can I do to help him with that? My son started piano at 5 and that made a HUGE difference in his fine motor skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 (edited) I'm doing a lot of this with mine, but our OT also suggested picking up pom-poms with tweezers Dd5's OT used this activity too (when dd5 was 3 & went to speech & OT). On this subject, my dd4 (almost 5) has some need for this development too, and I got her some beads to string and things like that. There is nothing wrong with her imagination, because she quickly tires of stringing the beads or whatever and decides they are creatures and plays with them. I don't want to push her too much with it, guess it will come. We have a teacher store nearby that has lots of school craft supplies. I bought some foam beads, plastic laces and plastic needles. I've been working on this a lot with my ds 6. Coloring (he has liked to color pre-cut shapes), dot to dots, geoboard with elastic bands, scissor cutting (preschool workbooks), helping to measure things with cooking or baking. Also, tracing shapes, playing with putty, playdough, tug of war, thumb wars, spinning small tops, legos, writing/drawing on the wall (paper or whiteboard). Lots of pre-writing skills, like tracing lines and I think piano has helped a lot too! Great list--I'd add plastic canvas, yarn & plastic needles. Edited January 26, 2011 by gardening momma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Lego, playdoh, cutting and pasting... Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You've gotten some great suggestions! Here are a couple more... -wheelbarrel walking (I have kids wheelbarrel walk across the floor then do something at the end that requires them to go on one hand like putting toys into a container or shapes in a puzzle...make sure hands face forward rather than to the sides to be sure elbows are not locked) -playing with Playdoh or putty- rolling snakes, pinching, hide small objects in the putty for him to find. -if you can find one of those pens that vibrates you can have him write with it. -use a wider pencil or use a rubber grip on the pencil -trace letters with finger in sand or on sandpaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I agree with pp that wheelbarrow walking is a great activity for your child. Also, when using tweezers, after he has improved while he is sitting, have him lie on the floor and use the tweezers to pick up small objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You've got all the basic fine motor suggested already. I want to second (third) the suggestion to improve gross motor. A child needs upper body strength and control to be able to do fine motor activities. At home do things like wheel barrow walking. (I'm sure there are books on activities and games for upper body gross motor, but I don't have one to list here). If you do activities outside the home, look at gymnastics, swimming, maybe tae kwon do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I've got to run, but here are two posts where I made list of fine motor activities for young ones... http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1643605&postcount=1 http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2035734&postcount=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Use small pencils (think golf pencils or smaller) when writing. I forces the child to use a proper grip and utilize the muscles properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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