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Pre-Printing Trace the Dotted Lines
In this pre-printing practice worksheet, students trace 4 different types of dotted lines to practice their fine motor skills. They start at a fly, and trace a looped line, a curved line, a square line, and a straight line to get to the...
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Tracing the Alphabet – A to E
In this alphabet and printing practice activity, students use their fine motor skills to trace the uppercase and lowercase letters A-E.
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Shapes: Squares
For this learning shapes worksheet, learners practice their fine motor skills as they trace the square shape and identify square shapes.
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Shapes: Ovals and Rectangles
In this learning shapes worksheet, students practice their fine motor skills as they trace the oval and rectangle shapes and identify oval and rectangle shapes.
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Shapes
In this learning shapes worksheet, students practice their fine motor skills as they trace the square, triangle, rectangle, and circle shapes.
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Letter I Coloring Sheet
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase I and lowercase i.
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Shape Stretch
First graders practice addition and subtraction concepts using gross and fine motor movement. Working in small groups, 1st graders play a game to practice their addition and subtraction facts through gross and fine motor movement...
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Group Turkey Wreath
Students use cutting skills and pencil rolling to create paper curls.
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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Grasping the Idea of Evolution
Learners compare their performance of a series of tasks using their thumb and fingers to their performance of the same tasks without the use of their thumb. They discuss the role of fine and gross motor skills and speculate on the role...
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A Small Book of Small Things
Learners explore size relationships as they collect pictures of the small things in their world. In this early childhood math and literacy lesson, students gain an understanding of size differences and develop fine-motor and literacy...
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Copycats
Students practice making prints of their own unique designs. In this printmaking lesson, students create a design with paint on Styrofoam plates. They press their painted picture on paper to create a duplicate print. They then practice...
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Art Studio
Pupils collaborate with their classmates to create a sculpture with the provided materials in order to cultivate fine motor and social skills. In this collaborative art lesson, students work in small groups to design the pedestal and the...
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Treasure Hunt
Students dribble a ball while moving. In this dribbling instructional activity, students participate in a game in which they dribble from "poly spot" to "poly spot" gathering basic shapes identified as 'treasure".
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Targeting an Action
Students explore how the brain how the brain infers the position of a moving target. They investigate how the brain can fine-tune its motor control over the muscle groups that will perform the intended action. Students participate in a...
Basic Handwriting for Kids
T is for Two: Letter Tt
In this letter Tt worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Tt. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by tracing and printing the word two.
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Letter Uu
For this letter Uu worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Uu. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by learning the sign language sign for the letter U.
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Let's Make a Mural
Students social skills blossom as they work together on this mural-making activity. In this early childhood visual arts lesson, students develop creative-thinking, fine-motor, language, and social skills as they work together to plan,...
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Tracing Practice with Different Lines
Here is a tracing learning exercise where young learners trace different kinds of lines such as straight, zig zag, and squiggle.
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Christmas Ornaments
In this color recognition worksheet, 1st graders color the ornaments according to the given colors. Students enhance their color recognition skills.
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Ten Teddies on the Shelf
In this number recognition activity, learners color ten teddy bears that are randomly labeled with the numbers 1-10. Then students cut and glue the teddy bears in correct order from 1-10.
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The Lost Acorns
In this early childhood acorns worksheet, students sing an acorn song and then cut the 20 acorns out. After the acorns are hidden around the room, students hunt for them and then paste their collected acorns on the provided graphic...
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Halloween Fun: Wizard Mask
In this Halloween wizard mask template worksheet, students color the picture, cut it out, make holes for the mask ties, and use yarn to complete a Halloween mask that is ready to wear.
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Halloween Spider Mask
In this Halloween spider mask template activity, students color the picture, cut it out, make holes for the mask ties, and use yarn to complete a Halloween mask that is ready to wear.
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Tracing Diamonds
In this tracing diamonds learning exercise, students trace the dotted lines to form 6 diamonds and then draw their own diamonds independently.