Fine motor exercises

1. Art & Painting

Practicing art & painting is a great fine motor activity for young kids. Not only
does it stimulate creativity & expression, but also builds finger, wrist, & hand
dexterity. It improves their hand-eye coordination & encourages fine motor
skills. You can help your kids try finger painting, pour painting, painting with
bubble wrap, & splatter painting.

2. Playing Dough (clay)

Another excellent activity to keep your little one busy & build strength in their
little hands is play dough. When kids give different shapes & forms to play
dough using their little hands, it builds strength. The rolling & squishing dough
movements promote fine motor skills with a healthy playtime! It’s an effective
means to develop control & coordination.

3. Getting Dressed
Who doesn’t love to get all dressed yeah! It’s time to build your child’s
confidence & encourage them to get dressed on their own. It’s a way to teach
them the virtues of getting independent & promote hand dexterity.
Activities like buttoning/unbuttoning, zipping, and tying shoes promote
flexibility, balance, coordination, & strength.

4. Solve Puzzles
Puzzles play an important role in building reasoning skills & developing
problem-solving approaches. As children handle small & large puzzle
pieces, it significantly impacts the coordination of their small muscles &
improves their intellect level. Picking up & arranging these pieces makes their
hand & eye work together.

5. Sponge Play
Squeezing a sponge out of a bowl filled with water is the best way to promote
fine motor skills. It helps children comprehend the concepts like complete,
empty, wet, & dry. You can add fun toys or buy different shapes of sponges
for your little one. This will make the overall activity interesting & strengthen
their hands & forearms.

6. Park exercises
Take him to the park and ask him to collect leaves and different types/colours
of flowers and put them in separate piles. Simultaneously keeping talking to
him about shape, colour, size of the objects.

7. Catch and throw ball

Everyday for a week in the week practice playing catch and throw with him.
Pay special focus on words catch and throw while playing.