These Notebook Fine Motor Mats are the perfect way to help your little ones develop and work on their fine motor muscles and learn to identify patterns. Use these self-ruling printable fine motor mats as a unconfined first week of school or the whence of the school year activity.
OPTION 1: PLAY DOUGH
Set out your favorite homemade or store-bought play dough and invite kids to roll out play dough snakes. Use the play dough snakes to imbricate the lines on the present mats to mimic the patterns shown or create their own.
This can moreover proffer the use of the worriedness without kids have used play dough. Simply move the worriedness to the writing part-way as a pre-writing practice worriedness to get spare use out of the printable.
OPTION 2: TRACING
If you don’t want to use play dough or don’t have any on hand, children can moreover trace the patterns using dry erase markers in various colors!
Invite kids to trace the lines to reflect the patterns on the notebook pages. Laminate or enclose each mat in a laminated pouch so that it can be reused.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO EXTEND LEARNING:
- Have children struggle to make their own patterns from what they learned from this activity. You can use buttons, mini erasers, or other seasonal loose parts.
- Use the zippo printable pages and invite kids to yank or glue collage materials as they diamond their own pattern notebook pages.
Complete the form unelevated to get your self-ruling Notebook Fine Motor Mats!
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