$8.50
Make the first weeks of school calmer and more engaging with these back to school fine motor activities for preschool, Pre-K, and kindergarten!
This printable resource includes 24 hands-on activities for strengthening cutting, tracing, pencil control, hand-eye coordination, and other important fine motor skills. Use them for morning tubs, task boxes, centers, early finishers, independent practice, or occupational therapy activities.
Back to school themes such as apples, crayons, pencils, school supplies, and buses make fine motor practice feel playful and inviting.
Description
Back to School Fine Motor Activities for Preschool & Kindergarten
Make the beginning of the school year feel organized, engaging, and hands-on with these back to school fine motor activities for preschool, Pre-K, and kindergarten.
This printable activity pack includes 24 different ways for children to build hand strength, coordination, pencil control, scissor skills, and visual-motor skills. The activities feature cheerful school-themed pictures that are perfect for the first week of school, August morning work, morning tubs, fine motor centers, task boxes, and independent practice.
Because the activities use a variety of materials and movements, children receive repeated fine motor practice without completing the same type of worksheet over and over again.
What’s Included
This back to school fine motor activities pack includes:
- Snipping strips
- Cutting practice strips
- Cutting shapes
- Hole punch activities
- Lacing cards
- Push pin activities
- Q-tip painting shapes
- Line tracing
- Path tracing
- Picture tracing
- Dot marker activities
- Connect-the-dots pages
- Coloring pages
- Playdough mats
- Pom-pom mats
- Building brick cards
- Pattern block mats
- Geoboard cards
- Shape clip cards
- Counting clip cards
- Additional school-themed fine motor practice activities
The activities feature familiar back to school themes such as apples, crayons, pencils, school buses, backpacks, glue, scissors, and other classroom supplies.
Skills Practiced
Children will practice:
- Fine motor strength
- Hand-eye coordination
- Bilateral coordination
- Pencil control
- Prewriting skills
- Scissor skills
- Pincer grasp
- Visual discrimination
- Visual-motor integration
- Counting and number recognition
- Shape recognition
- Following directions
- Independent work habits
Perfect for Morning Tubs and Centers
These activities work well for:
- Preschool and Pre-K centers
- Kindergarten morning tubs
- First-week-of-school activities
- August morning work
- Fine motor stations
- Task boxes
- Early finishers
- Small-group instruction
- Occupational therapy activities
- Homeschool learning
- Quiet-time activities
Choose the pages that best fit your students and classroom materials. Many of the activities can be printed on cardstock and laminated for repeated use throughout the back to school season.
Designed for Young Learners
The simple layouts, bold pictures, and hands-on formats help young children work more independently while developing the muscles and coordination needed for writing, cutting, dressing, and other everyday classroom tasks.
This resource is especially helpful for preschool, Pre-K, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, special education, and occupational therapy settings.
Back to School Fine Motor Activities Digital Download
This is a printable digital resource. No physical product will be mailed. After purchasing, download the file, print the activities you would like to use, and prepare them with your preferred classroom materials.
