Follow the Magic Line - Developing Fine Motor Skills.

Children should have strength and dexterity in their hands and fingers before learning to write. We need to develop their fine motor skills so that they will be able to hold and manipulate a pencil.

Here is a fun activity you can do together at home to develop this important skill.

You will need:

• Paper/cardboard
• A pen/marker
• Something small like buttons/pasta/raisins or even jelly tots or rice krispies - whatever you have at home.

Draw out a funky design or line with the marker and
ask your child to place the item on the page along the line.

You should encourage them to use a pincer grasp with their first finger and thumb.

There are lots of different designs and shapes you can use. You can repeat this activity daily with a different designs like I have shown below.