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Fine Motor Activity #3 Practice Peeling and Placing Stickers.

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Fine Motor Activity #3 Practice Peeling and Placing Stickers. Stickers and Toddlers are like magnets. A toddler can never get bored of stickers. Though this activitu requires supervision so the stickers don't end up on your couch, tv or other furniture. But a proper set up will do the job. Benefits of sticker peeling activity. There are various benefits of this fine motor activity involving stickers, the 2 main important one's are. 1)Neat Pincer Grasp. Stickers are a fine motor powerhouse.  Peeling the sticky little pictures requires a neat pincer grasp in order to pull up the edge of a sticker from a sticker sheet.  The very tips of the fingers are needed to grip such a small area. 2)Bilateral Hand Coordination. It’s an essential skill for so many functional tasks.  Zippering a coat, cutting with scissors, and handwriting are all activities that require bilateral hand coordination.   Peeling stickers requires tow hands as you hold the sheet with one hand and peel with the domi
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Fine Motor Activitiy #2 Rip Paper.

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Fine Motor Activitiy #2 Rip Paper. You don't need expensive toys to keep your older baby or toddler busy. Tearing paper into small pieces can be fun and satisfying for them. The act of tearing encourages useful finger and co-ordination skills. In order to tear paper, your toddler will learn to hold the paper between the thumb and pointing finger of each hand. They then have to move each hand in a different direction. It's quite difficult!  Tissue paper, light coloured paper, wrapping paper, old glossy magazines or even junk mail can be used. Don't use newspapers because newsprint comes off on hands. Explain to your child that this is paper set aside for tearing, and to treat books and other paper items with care.  Help them stick down the torn paper to make simple pictures. www.toddlearner.com WhatsApp : +971 554492077
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Fine Motor Activity #1 Practice Squeezing Glue.

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Fine Motor Activity #1 Practice Squeezing Glue. Playing with glue is every child's favorite activity. When playing with glue children Learn about viscosity and how one object can adhere to another sometimes permanently. Children will also make choices about which object they want to use, where to place them and how many to include on paper, helping them experience decision making skills and autonomy in a lively way. While using the glue, the activities are endless, use them to make craft, or writing with glue will be a perfect pre writing activity there is so much more to experiment. www.toddlearner.com WhatsApp : +971 554492077
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