Recognizing your own name and then learning to write it are magical things.
It's not an easy task. Try holding a pencil between your toes. Are you able to write your name easily. Adults often forget that preschool children are developing the motor skills needed for these tasks.
We play a lot, but our play has a purpose. One of the most important milestones for writing is developing Pincer Grasp. This is the ability to hold small objects between your thumb and pointer finger. We build with lego's, dress dolls, tear and crumple bits of paper, paint with eye droppers, string beads, practice opening and closing latches, play with water bottles and squirt guns etc... These are all ways we work to develop a more mature pincer grasp which is needed in order to hold a pencil correctly.
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| Parts of a Plant. Mother Goose Time Growing Gardens Theme. |
The Art of Preschool is the fundamental building blocks of learning. Cutting, gluing, painting, crumpling, coloring are all ways we are developing our fine motor skills. This is why it's important to let them get messy and do things themselves.
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| Painting worms using rubber worms instead of brushes. Look at that Pincer Grasp in action! |
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| Counting and arranging Sunflower seeds on our Sunflower headbands. |
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| So Proud of the finished product. | | | | |
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Holding crayons, scissors, paintbrushes etc... develops the skills needed for later writing.
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