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Home » Montessori » Curriculum » Practical Life » Simple Fine Motor Activity for Preschoolers

Simple Fine Motor Activity for Preschoolers

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One thing I love about early childhood practical life is that the lessons are abundant and at the tips of your fingers around the home. One recent practical life activity – whisking – is so simple and fun, yet completely relevant to practical life and fine motor skills child development.

A child whisking

The best part? You can accomplish this whisking activity indoors or outdoors. For our first time, we used a water table in our backyard. {I know, I cheated a bit but throw me a bone, I am working with a two-year-old BOY.}

Easy Fine Motor Skill Activity

Best whisk for kids

If you do this activity indoors, just make sure you have plenty of towels under your bowl and ready to clean up. My two year old loves to splash, dump, and pour water so I figured we should start outdoors. {The last comment for some sympathy!}

Toddler Fine Motor Activity – Whisking

What you need is simple:

  1. A small whisk
  2. Dish washing soap or bubble solution (even bubble bath)
  3. A medium sized bowl (or a water table)
  4. A towel to place under bowl and for general wiping up
  5. Water

Practical Life Activity for a Toddler

Approach:

*Prepare this activity with your toddler so he/she understands what is going into the activity. Plus by including him or her in prepping the activity, you can talk about next steps.

  1. Place a towel under your bowl
  2. Add the soap to the water.
  3. Ask your toddler to pick up the whisk.
  4. Show him or her how to hold the whisk and describe what the tool is used for in the kitchen.
  5. Then show him how to use the whisk by turning your wrist in the air. I used my own, larger whisk to demonstrate.
  6. As your child(ren) to whisk the water and to their utter amazement, the whisking will create bubbles. This cause and effect aspect will be fun for him or her and will drill the exercise into his or her memory of the experience.

Next time I am planning to move up in the world of whisking by using a medium-sized glass bowl, I promise. As always (ha!), plan for a bit of a wet mess. That’s okay, though, right? After all, my boy is learning!

Happy playing!

Marnie

Tagged With: Fine Motor Skills, Infant & Toddler, Preschool

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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