The following are some ideas that will provide opportunities for your children to strengthen their fingers and fine motor skills:

• Make and play with playdough

• Practice writing letters, numbers, shapes in shaving cream or salt

• Pick up objects with tweezers

• Make art projects

• Make creations with recyclable materials

• Make art with small objects (beads, buttons, beans, etc).

• Practice cutting paper, making sure to cut carefully on the line. There are some fun pictures/projects online that can be printed.

• Draw pictures and make sure pictures of people are drawn correctly (i.e. no stick people, include head, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, body, arms, hands, legs, feet)

• Coloring (many coloring pages can be found on the internet)