Fun activities to improve your child’s fine motor skills

Here are a few ways to improve fine motor skills through play 



Lego bricks is a really good way to help with grasp and finger dexterity. All children enjoy playing with Lego. Get them to build a tower and then take take it apart again. By taking it apart again they have to use strength. If the regular bricks are too difficult, try Lego Duplo. 

For children over the age of 5 and who are slightly more advanced, Hama beads is good. 
Ask them to make pattern or a picture. This will help develop grasp. The nice thing about these are that when they are finished, you can iron it and save their design. This activity is definitely more fiddly and may get a bit frustrating. It will also help with holding a pen correctly, as your child will have to use their pincer grip.

Another activity is play dough, most kids enjoy this. It will help develop their hand strength. You can get them to roll some of the dough out into a ball and squeeze. Just generally playing with it will help improve the function of their little hands and they are having fun at the same time.

Another great motivation is putting coins into their piggy bank and they are being rewarded at the same time. The bigger the coin, the easier it will be for your child to grasp and again this is helping them to develop their pincer grip.

If your child enjoys stickers, buy them a sticker book. They are having to peel the sticker off the sheet  and then place it in the correct place in the right position. This is probably more suitable for kids, who have less significant fine motor challenges. 

Please share to anyone you know who have kids with disabilities, which affect their fine motor skills.

I’ll be back with another blog tomorrow 
Chloe x

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