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Home » Montessori » Fine Motor Sensory Activity for Kids

Fine Motor Sensory Activity for Kids

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This post includes a Fine Motor Sensory Activity for Kids sourced from one of our favorite books called Science Arts. I highly recommend purchasing this book. I use it for reference practically on a daily basis.  I love the book because the activities and experiments combine art and science, igniting children in ways I could watch all day long.

In addition, I am thrilled to be a part of the phenomenal Everyday Fine Motor Materials from A to Z series. Lucky for us, I got a really interesting letter that forced me to be creative, to think out the box. I chose the letter “V”. Velcro, of course, is a wonderful material for fine motor work but that is old news. We got velcro. Instead, I chose to work with vaseline.

What better way to work fine motor skills than to combine with a fun sensory experience? 

Fine Motor Sensory Activity

 

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This activity allows children to explore the texture of petroleum jelly, while being creative and artistic. Furthermore, they hone their fine motor skills by designing and writing in a different textured material. Invite children to write letters or numbers, or simply allow them to use their imaginations and let their fingers do the talking!

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Fine Motor Sensory Activity for Kids

Materials

  • Pan or pie plate
  • Vaseline (or petroleum jelly)
  • Freezer
  • Towel for wiping hands
  • Brush or spatula for smearing

Fine Motor Petroleum Jelly

Approach

  • Invite your children to do the experiment. Watch their eyes light up when you tell them that you’ll be working with vaseline AND that their first job is to smear gobs of it onto the pan.
  • Draw a design
  • Wipe hands with towel
  • Place pan into freezer for a few hours
  • Check out the “frost design”

Frost Plate Science Arts

Discussion

  • Talk about water’s three states of matter as a liquid, gas, and solid.
  • Ask what happens inside the freezer?
  • What are those crystals on the jelly?
  • What happens to water molecules when they become cold(er)?
  • Should we try other materials? What do you think might happen?

 

 

I hope we inspired you today!


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Tagged With: Kindergarten, Preschool, Reading and Writing, Sensory

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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