Activity 1

It is really important that you keep practising for fine motor skills. This will help you with many things including cutting with a scissors and your handwriting.

Why not make this slime? Playing with it will strengthen your fingers.

Activity 2

We love play dough! Did you know you can make it at home?

Follow this recipe to make your own play dough.

Once your play dough is ready we would like you try and make as many numbers as you can from it just like in the picture.

Who can make the most numbers with their play dough?

Who can make the biggest number?

Don't forget to email pictures of you making your play dough numbers to the school!

Activity 3

Ask a grown up to put knots in sting and ribbons for you to untie. This is a very tricky task.

One of your teachers had a go at this task. I think she needs more practice!

Activity 4

To complete this task you will need a pot, a peg, a timer and lots of little items such as pasta or craft pom poms.

How many items can you get in to the pot in 1 minute using a peg?

Can you beat one of your teachers?

Activity 5

What shapes can you make using lolly pop sticks and Blu Tack?

Here are some shapes that have already been made.

Can you make any unusual shapes?

Activity 6

To complete this activity you will need a peg, small pom poms or cotton wool balls and an object that has small holes like an egg carton.

Activity 7

Let's try some cutting!

Activity 8

In this video we are going to try some tricky threading.

Do you think you can try this?

Activity 9

There are many ways that you can make this activity trickier. You could try using different size pasta, different size bowls, you could set a time limit or use the trickier pincer method.

Activity 10

You can use any small objects to complete this activity such as rice, beans, coffee beans or pasts.

Activity 11

It's dough disco time!

Use the recipe from activity 2 to make the play dough and join in with this video.

Activity 12

It's time to get those fingers dancing!

Activity 13

Let's make some feathers!

Activity 14

Use the play dough recipe to make some play dough and complete these challenges.

Activity 15

This activity helps both our fine motor skills and our number recognition.

Ask an adult to write some numbers in cupcake cases. Then using either tweezers or a peg place the correct number of pom pom, pasta or any other small objects you have into the cupcake case.

Activity 16

You can turn this activity into a competition. You could play against an adult or a brother or sister and see who can take them off the fastest.

Activity 17

Create a picture of your favourite animal using the dots made by cotton bud.

Activity 18

The perfect activity for hot weather!

Freeze some paint in the ice cube trays then add lolly pop sticks.

Once they are frozen it's time to get creative!

Activity 19

This is a really simple activity to set up and also helps with spelling!

Place flour, sand, rice, sugar or lentils in to a flat tray. Use your finger or a paintbrush to practise your spelling.

Why not practise your tricky words!

Activity 20

It's time to disco dough in the jungle!

Use the play dough recipe from Activity 2 to make your own play dough.

Who can do the play dough challenge at the end?

Activity 21

What buildings can you create?

If you don't have marshmallows or toothpicks you could also use play dough or blu tac and lollypop sticks.

Activity 22

Let's go to the dough disco!

Use the recipe in Activity 2 to make some play dough.

Activity 23

Use the play dough recipe to make play dough to complete these activities.