Top 10 toys to help develop children’s fine motor skills
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Top 10 recommended toys to help develop children’s fine motor skills
These resources are highly recommended in helping develop children’s fine motor skills. They will also strengthen children’s muscles, develop coordination and control. As well as having these at nursery why not share the ideas with parents. The resources are perfect in using during open-ended play.
Many of you may be familiar with these resources and have them in our settings Simple click on each image and it will take you to amazon where you can purchase them.
Tweezers
1.These big tweezers are excellent for helping develop children’s fine motor skills in the hands, wrists and fingers, these tweezers are specially designed to enable children to comfortably grip using the finger placement dimples.
Learning Resources Handy Scoopers
2. These handy scoops are great for children to either use in the sand pit or water tray, children can easily grip the handles and open and close the scoopers just like a pair of scissors.
Creation Station Nuts and Bolts
3. These nuts and bolts are great for children developing their fine motor skills, as they can screw or unscrew the bolts.
4.Twisty Droppers put a fun twist on water play and build fine-motor skills, children can squeeze the end of the dropper and watch the water come squirting out the end. Great resources to help strengthen children’s muscles.
Learning Resources Primary Science Jumbo Droppers with Stand
5.These jumbo droppers are great science tools that are ideal for little hands to grip while supporting hands-on observation and investigations.
Easi-Grip® Childrens’s Scissors
6.These easi-grip scissors allow children to develop their pincer grip which will help them when it comes to gripping a pencil to draw with.
Wooden Threading Pear
7.This simple threading pear enables children to thread the worm through the pear whilst developing their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination.
Melissa & Doug Latches Board
8. Childcare can undo a latch, swing open the numbered door, and count on fun when the picture beneath is revealed on this wooden play board. This latches board builds children’s fine motor skills while learning colours, numbers, animals and more. Children will spend a considerable of time exploring this resource.
Threading Board
9. The holes allow children to thread different coloured laces through, creating a pattern as they go. As children are threading the laces they ae developing both their hand eye coordination as well as their fine motor skills.
Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads in a Box
10. These large variety of bead shapes and colours are great for children to thread with, They can create different patterns using the variety of beads. Great resource for developing children’s fine motor skills.
What other resources could you provide to children to help them develop their fine motor skills, we would love to hear your suggestions?
