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Fine Motor Skills

Digging 

Digging activities provide children with the experience of digging. Children can dig things such as soil and sand.

Digging Activities

Filling

Filling activities involve children in the task of filling containers, buckets, and other items with things such as water or sand.

Filling Activities

Gliding

Gliding activities allow children to guide an object along a path or track.

Gliding Activities

Grasping

Grasping is a fine motor skill. It involves the movement and use of the hands and upper extremities. Grasping is simply how children pick up and hold onto objects.

Grasping Activities

Hand Eye Coordination

Hand-eye coordination is important in Montessori environments. Activities such as knobbed cylinders and pouring exercises help children refine their ability to manipulate objects with precision.

Hand-Eye Coordination Activities

Locking

Locking activities for children may be in the form of lock and key toys or lock and latch toys. Locking activities keep children engaged while helping them develop fine motor skills. 

Locking Activities

Pouring

Pouring is a practical life activity. It develops the movements needed to pour objects from one vessel to another without spilling. Commonly, it involves water, but it can also be dry items.

Pouring Activities

Scooping

A scooping activity is the concept of using a spoon or scoop to pick things up, tip them, and pour out the contents inside.

Scooping Activities

Screwing

Children learn how to screw a nut onto a bolt correctly through Montessori nut-to-bolt activities. The nuts and bolts are usually made of metal or wood and are big and chunky for kids to easily use. 

Screwing Activities

Shaking

Shaking activities for children involve using their hands to shake things. They can shake toys, rattles, sensory bottles, parachutes, or pom-poms. Children love the fun sounds and movements.

Shaking Activities

Sifting

Sifting activities use tools like sifters or sieves to separate materials such as sand, flour, or rice. Children can sift sand, separate rice from lentils, or sift flour to pretend to bake cakes.

Sifting Activities

Spinning

Spinning activities are when children play with toys that spin, like tops or spinning wheels. They make the toys spin by pushing or turning them. It helps explore sensory stimulation.

Spinning Activities

Switching

For little ones, switching activities mean they get to play with stuff that turns on, off, or changes. Think flipping lights, pressing toy buttons, or playing with simple switches on toys.

Switching Activities

threading

Threading requires a child to thread the first bead onto the string. After pulling it all the way to the knotted end, they begin again with the next bead. And so on, until all the beads are on the string. 

Threading Activities

tonging

Tonging is a Montessori practical life activity where a child learns how to hold a tong, pick an object, and transfer it into another bowl.

Tonging Activities

Tracing

Tracing is an important pre-writing activity in the early years. Children can start with big shapes, work through tracing patterns, and finally trace letters and numbers.

Tracing Activities

Transferring

Transferring activities are activities where the child is moving objects from one container to another. Most commonly, children transfer small objects like pom-poms, balls, marbles, or water.

Transferring Activities

Tweezing

Tweezing activities are activities that encourage children to use tweezers to move items from one place to another.

Tweezing Activities

Whisking

Whisking activities involve children in using a whisk to mix ingredients. Whisking activities are typically a part of baking or cooking.

Whisking Activities

Fine motor skills activities are the activities that use small muscles in our hands and wrists. Children use these skills to perform many important tasks such as writing or drawing. 

Fine Motor Skills Activities

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Montessori toys are ideally made of natural materials and are useful to promote learning and independence. They are battery-free toys reflecting real life and focusing on one skill at a time. 

Activity Toys

Activity Centers

Activity centers are play stations with attached toys on top to introduce new textures, sounds, and shapes to children.

Activity Cubes

Activity cubes are toys with multiple activities at once. Children’s need to pull and push things will make them try it all.

Activity Walkers

Activity walkers are push-and-pull toys that a child can play with by herself. It also has multiple activities to play with.

Bead Mazes

Bead mazes are toys with beads to move following the track. 

Buckle Toys

Buckle toys are cuddly toys come with buckles to play with.


Busy Boards

Busy boards are boards filled with everyday items like shoelaces, locks, and zippers. It helps children touch, explore, and learn about different objects all in one place.

Busy Books

Busy books can also be referred to as quiet books. The books combine entertainment with educational value, offering your little ones a unique approach to learning new things.

Hammering Toys

Hammering toys, also known as pounding toys, come in various shapes and sizes. The goal is to use a hammer to hit and push things down. This helps kids get better at using their hands and eyes together.

Lacing Toys

Lacing toys are fun tools for young children to learn about threading and weaving. These toys have colorful shapes and strings that help kids fine motor skills and making patterns.

Lock Toys

Lock toys are educational toys for kids. These toys typically feature a variety of locks and keys to help kids learn about colors, numbers, and senses in a fun way.

Magnetic Sand Tables

Play Gyms

A play gym typically consists of a mat with a tripod-type structure hanging over it that dangles toys within a baby's reach.

Spinning Drums

A spinning drum is a drum-shaped toy that rotates and is often colorful. This toy provides an engaging learning experience for babies, making it a great choice for tummy time.

Threading Toys

Threading toys are playthings designed to help kids practice threading strings or laces through holes in different shapes or objects. They often come with beads, wooden pieces, or shapes with holes.

Activity toys are designed to be fun and engaging and include sensory elements that require children to manipulate, explore, and actively participate in play. 

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