Activity For Kids:
Learning writing with sticks and stones
You don't need to buy anything to do this activity and help your kids with their fine motor skills.
You just need some paint brushes or even q-tips if you don't have brushes. It's also a squeaky clean activity with minimal clean up.
This activity is inspired by ideas from Learning writing with sticks and stones.
What you'll learn
This activity is great to teach your kids:
Hand eye coordination activities help kids use their hands (and muscles) and eyes at the same time. When the two work together, young children begin to increase their ability to pick up, grasp, and manipulate objects.
Fine motor skills involve movement of the smaller muscle groups in your child's hands, fingers, and wrists.
Developing fine motor skills will help your child to write and prepares her for school. But it will also help your children with everyday tasks like eating, and dressing themselves.
Sensory play is play that involves all the senses - taste, sound, sight, touch and smell. Sensory play is very beneficial to children. Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Sensory play is also very relaxing and rejuvenating to children.
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We tried it
This was a fun and relaxing activity for my kids. Both of them enjoyed painting with water and the sticks and stones was a great canvas.
Sources for this activity
“In a world of worksheets, it can be difficult to find developmentally appropriate ways to support these emerging prewriting skills. But don’t worry, I have a fun and engaging way to practice writing curved and straight lines.―Read More At littlepinelearners.com
