Melissa in Australia Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 firstly thank you everyone to responding to my post. I have been granted some money to buy the twins some aids to help with their fine motor development. I have spent a bit on things like tap tap, spinning tops, pattern blocks, various apps for ipad. We have a massive amount of Duplo, playdough toys etc. already. I have money left over and have run out of ideas. I have been told to spend it before the end of the year. suggestions anyone?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Letter and number magnets. We got a huge set offline from Lakeshore Learning and Jr loves his letter tiles. Signing Time DVDs Giftcards to an educational store such as Lakeshore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 thank you for the suggestion. I have letter magnets and just purchased the complete set of COKO tiles http://www.edex.com.au/coko I cannot get a gift card as I need to actually purchase items and produce receipts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Then I would go for a lot of math centric manipulatives. Maybe Right Start Math A and/or B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Though, I should admit that I have a strong math bias... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateingr Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Do you have some "squeezy" things? That squeezing motion of closing the thumb and first few fingers is great for getting ready to hold a pencil. Big plastic tweezers, pompoms, and cups or ice cube trays for sorting are a great activity. Eyedroppers are a lot of fun, too, especially if you put a few drops of a different food coloring in water and then invite your kids to mix the colors by dropping them on a plate or into ice cube trays. (Yes, we really got a lot of use out our ice cube trays for a few years at my house!) Kumon makes some nice fine motor workbooks if you'd like something that has a progressive structure, too. My daughter really enjoyed their "Let's Cut Paper," "Let's Fold," and "Let's Color" books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 thanks. I will look into the books and get eyedroppers. we do some squeezy things - big tweezers, dynamo torch etc. but I didn't even think about eyedroppers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 thanks. I will look into the books and get eyedroppers. we do some squeezy things - big tweezers, dynamo torch etc. but I didn't even think about eyedroppers. They might like eyedroppers in combination with a marbling kit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Jr LOVEs his Kumon workbook pages. One night we got home late and I told him he would get a bath and go straight to bed, he pitched a fit because he wanted to cut and do his maze. He made a ruckus and finally his daddy said let him do his workbook pages. So he sat naked at his little desk and did his pages because he would NOT take his bath before doing his pages. The cutting and mazes books are a lot of fun for him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Kinetic sand magna tiles lace and trace http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Lace-Trace-Pets/dp/B000O7ISY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450324765&sr=8-1&keywords=lacing Hth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 thank you so much everyone for your great ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfABunch Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Handwriting without tears with ALL the manipulative options 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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