Learning Areas

Fine Motor Skills

Digging 

Digging activities provide children with the experience of digging. Children can dig things such as soil and sand.

Digging Activities

Filling

Filling activities involve children in the task of filling containers, buckets, and other items with things such as water or sand.

Filling Activities

Gliding

Gliding activities allow children to guide an object along a path or track.

Gliding Activities

Grasping

Grasping is a fine motor skill. It involves the movement and use of the hands and upper extremities. Grasping is simply how children pick up and hold onto objects.

Grasping Activities

Hand Eye Coordination

Hand-eye coordination is important in Montessori environments. Activities such as knobbed cylinders and pouring exercises help children refine their ability to manipulate objects with precision.

Hand-Eye Coordination Activities

Locking

Locking activities for children may be in the form of lock and key toys or lock and latch toys. Locking activities keep children engaged while helping them develop fine motor skills. 

Locking Activities

Pouring

Pouring is a practical life activity. It develops the movements needed to pour objects from one vessel to another without spilling. Commonly, it involves water, but it can also be dry items.

Pouring Activities

Scooping

A scooping activity is the concept of using a spoon or scoop to pick things up, tip them, and pour out the contents inside.

Scooping Activities

Screwing

Children learn how to screw a nut onto a bolt correctly through Montessori nut-to-bolt activities. The nuts and bolts are usually made of metal or wood and are big and chunky for kids to easily use. 

Screwing Activities

Shaking

Shaking activities for children involve using their hands to shake things. They can shake toys, rattles, sensory bottles, parachutes, or pom-poms. Children love the fun sounds and movements.

Shaking Activities

Sifting

Sifting activities use tools like sifters or sieves to separate materials such as sand, flour, or rice. Children can sift sand, separate rice from lentils, or sift flour to pretend to bake cakes.

Sifting Activities

Spinning

Spinning activities are when children play with toys that spin, like tops or spinning wheels. They make the toys spin by pushing or turning them. It helps explore sensory stimulation.

Spinning Activities

Switching

For little ones, switching activities mean they get to play with stuff that turns on, off, or changes. Think flipping lights, pressing toy buttons, or playing with simple switches on toys.

Switching Activities

threading

Threading requires a child to thread the first bead onto the string. After pulling it all the way to the knotted end, they begin again with the next bead. And so on, until all the beads are on the string. 

Threading Activities

tonging

Tonging is a Montessori practical life activity where a child learns how to hold a tong, pick an object, and transfer it into another bowl.

Tonging Activities

Tracing

Tracing is an important pre-writing activity in the early years. Children can start with big shapes, work through tracing patterns, and finally trace letters and numbers.

Tracing Activities

Transferring

Transferring activities are activities where the child is moving objects from one container to another. Most commonly, children transfer small objects like pom-poms, balls, marbles, or water.

Transferring Activities

Tweezing

Tweezing activities are activities that encourage children to use tweezers to move items from one place to another.

Tweezing Activities

Whisking

Whisking activities involve children in using a whisk to mix ingredients. Whisking activities are typically a part of baking or cooking.

Whisking Activities

Fine motor skills activities are the activities that use small muscles in our hands and wrists. Children use these skills to perform many important tasks such as writing or drawing. 

Fine Motor Skills Activities

Materials

Montessori materials are learning tools to encourage children to master a skill on their own. Children can learn on their own through repetition and practice. 

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Brooms

A broom is a cleaning tool used for sweeping floors and clearing away messes, dust, and debris.

Gardening Wagons

Gardening wagons are designed to transport gardening tools and materials. They are intended for outdoor use.

Grow Kits

Grow kits consist of items that are needed to start gardening. Grow kits typically include soil, seeds, pots, and more.

Hand Broom And Dustpan Sets

A hand broom and dustpan set includes tools that are intended for cleaning small areas. It is convenient for sweeping dust, spills, debris, and crumbs.

Housekeeping Sets

A housekeeping set includes a variety of tools that are intended for household chores. Housekeeping sets typically include cleaning tools such as a mop, a duster, a broom, a dustpan, and a bucket.

Shovels

Shovels are designed for gardening purposes such as digging soil, moving it, and planting. They are intended for outdoor use.

Watering Cans

A watering can is a tool that is designed to water plants.

Wheelbarrows

A wheelbarrow is a tool designed for transporting items, including gardening items. It is typically equipped with either one or two wheels.

Tools are a variety of items that can be used for different purposes. Tools include brooms, wheelbarrows, shovels, and more.

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