Threading Activities for Fine Motor Skills
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FOUNDATION:
2-year-old children have a much greater independent development than older children.
previous ones, but they are still acting and exploring with the objects of their
environment. Through this, they generate learnings from what is already known and
they grant new meanings.
Differentiation and manual coordination point to selectivity of
the movements of the hand and fingers and their coordination. In this
It is remarkable the progress of the children regarding their development of the
fine motor skills, that is why through this proposal we continue
incentivizing your work by presenting new materials to vary the existing ones
known, and assemble new productions. Many of these activities
they also involve aspects related to motor development
the knowledge of space and the characteristics of objects.
I consider this proposal to be used throughout the year when going
enriching it with new materials and possibilities for action.
PURPOSES:
Promote the development of coordination and fine motor skills.
Encourage active exploration of different objects.
Create an environment where each production is valued and
appreciated.
CONTENTS:
Perception and discrimination of the ability to act on the
objects according to their characteristics: requirement for greater
fine motor skills and the refinement of eye-hand coordination.
Relationships between objects: shapes and methods of union.
Actions that relate the objects to each other: threading.
DEVELOPMENT AND MODES OF INTERVENTION:
Activity No. 1: Threading different materials onto ropes.
I will gather the children in the middle of the room. I will present them with a box and
I'll shake it. "Mmm... What could be here? I brought something new.
to play.
I will take out the ropes and tell them: 'Look, we have to use this.'
Then I will open the box, in which there will be items to thread them.
like: thin cardboard tubes with large holes, portions of
smooth and corrugated hose, shapes made with foam board, bottle caps
pierced in the center and with their edges protected, shapes
made with hard cardboard and felt fabric, and rollers. "It's for passing the
You fish through these holes. There are some easy ones and others more difficult.
We can make necklaces, bracelets...
I will sit with them and start assembling some threading. If
I note some interesting productions, I will share them with everyone.
I will propose new ways to combine elements.
After a while, I will announce that soon we are going to store.
to play again.
I will say: 'How well they played! And they built very interesting things, huh!'
Now let's save so we can play again another day. Can you
Do they help? We'll put it in this box.
I will keep it on a shelf in the living room, with a big sign on it.
where it says 'ENHEBRADOS'.
Activity No. 2: Lacing on different supports with laces.
I will gather the children in the center of the room and will show them again the
box used in the previous activity. I'll tell you: "Do you remember that
Did I have this box? What had we played with what is here?
inside?
Today we are going to play again with these materials. BUT, I brought
something new. Do you want to see it?" I will present different ways with
holes for threading cords through them: circular plates
made of hard cardboard and foam rubber, or foam board sheets, with
circular shapes, or of shoes and animals.
We have to pass these laces through these little holes.
example... (I will do one so you can see). I'm going to leave this here like this
They can take what they want. Let's see what they do today, huh!
I will share the game with them again and I will start intervening.
observe new productions, or comments such as: 'Look
I show what X did to interact with the teachers in the classroom.
I will anticipate the moment of storage, and I will tell you that the box will remain
In their room so they can play whenever they want.
MATERIALS:
Thin cardboard tubes with large holes.
Pieces of smooth and corrugated hose.
Shapes made with foam board
Caps with holes in the center, with their edges protected.
Shapes made with cardboard and felt.
Rulers.
Hard cardboard and foam rubber sheets with holes.
Foamboard sheets with holes.
Thick and thin ropes about half a meter long.
Colored laces.