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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Fine Motor Skills with Trays

This week we focused on fine motor skills and colors a lot. 

I saw this great idea somewhere(sorry I don't remember where) to use paint swatches and paper clips for matching colors. Both boys loved it! They also worked very hard on their fine motor skills as working with paper clips is challenging!


We also used tongs, pom poms, and a mini muffin pan to transfer the pom poms into the muffin pan.
We also used pipe cleaners and a colander to work on fine motor skills.
 JP enjoyed making a tunnel for his "Little People" character.
Overall our tray activities were a lot of fun and I will continue to use trays as I feel it organizes our learning a bit. :)

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These are frugal activities as I had the items at home or bought them at the Dollar Tree. I obtained the paint swatches at Home Depot.









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23 comments:

  1. BrittneyJanuary 26, 2012 at 6:52 PM

    So many great activities! I love the paint swatch/paper clip activity.

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    1. TrinaJanuary 26, 2012 at 8:32 PM

      Thanks! I picked up the paint swatches at Home Depot this past weekend. I liked the size and bright colors of them. :)

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  2. Partycraft SecretsJanuary 26, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    great job - I'm loving the pom-pom with tongs... once that's mastered; try chopsticks! x

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    1. TrinaJanuary 26, 2012 at 10:54 PM

      Thanks! Great idea! We will have to do that for sure!

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  3. Cynthia Renee'January 27, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    Stopping by from TGIF linky party....

    What fun! We're going to try these activities. Thanks for the ideas!

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    1. TrinaJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM

      You are welcome! Thank you for stopping by! :)

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  4. Fun Frugal MommyJanuary 27, 2012 at 12:37 PM

    Thanks for linking up to fun frugal friday. I plan to do this with my little girl.

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    1. TrinaJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:40 PM

      Thank you for hosting your new linky party! I hope you and your daughter have fun with this! :)

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  5. UnknownJanuary 27, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    Definitely want to try out the pipe cleaner and colander activity with my little guy. Great ideas! :)

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    1. TrinaJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:40 PM

      Thanks, Jenny! I do hope you and Liam enjoy the pipe cleaner exercise! :)

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  6. Lisa @ Our Country RoadJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    What great activities! I like the colander idea-a good pre-sewing activity.

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  7. JustForDaisyJanuary 29, 2012 at 3:53 AM

    What great activities! :) I've pinned these on Pinterest! :) Thanks for sharing - God Bless

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    1. TrinaJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:41 PM

      Thanks! I hope you and yours enjoy the activities. :)

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  8. MiaBJanuary 29, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    What fun & great activities... We'll be doing color activities soon... this gives me some ideas :) Thanks for sharing this with us at Sharing Saturday.

    ~MiaB
    www.mamamiasheart2heart.com

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    1. TrinaJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:34 PM

      Thanks, Mia! I hope you enjoy the color activities. Thanks for hosting Sharing Sat. :)

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  9. The MonkoJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:38 AM

    i love the collander with pipe cleaners, i haven't done that in ages, I'll have to dig it out again, it looks like fun.

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    1. TrinaJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:35 PM

      Thanks, The Monko! My boys had a lot of fun with it!

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  10. Carla at Preschool Powol PacketsJanuary 31, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    These are such fabulous ideas, Trina! Thank you so much for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday -- I hope we see you again today!

    PS. I'm featuring this post today! Congrats!

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    1. TrinaJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:35 PM

      Hi! Thanks for featuring me! Wow! I will link up again this week too. :) Thanks for hosting!

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  11. Sierra @ H is for HomeschoolingJanuary 31, 2012 at 8:41 PM

    Love these ideas, Trina! I have had these pinned for awhile from other blogs but haven't done them yet. I think I was afraid Boogie was too young for the paper clips when I first saw that one but he plays with marbles and other small items and hasn't tried eating anything yet! If I was going to eat something, I would eat a marble before I would eat a paper clip so hopefully he feels the same way :P Thanks so much for sharing your trays at WOTT!

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    1. TrinaJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:36 PM

      Thank you for hosting WOTT! I realized I had never taught either of my boys how to use paper clips, so it was definitely a teachable moment. :)

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  12. KatieJanuary 31, 2012 at 11:48 PM

    WOO HOO! These are fantastic Trina! And I have never seen the cool color matching idea with paperclips! I need to do the colander one again, E loved it. Thanks for sharing at Thrifty Thursday! I always love your posts!

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