Your lesson

Fine Motor: Clothespin Search

You will need:

• Numbers 1 to 8 Practice Cards PDF (cut into cards)

https://missmancyslittlelearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Number-cards-1-to-8.pdf

• 8 Clothespins with numbers 1 to 8 written on them.

• Pencil

The Activity:

By removing sight, we ask children to use their sense of touch to figure out where the clothespins are located on their clothing. They then name the number that they find, squeeze the clothespin to attach it to the correct number card and practice writing or tracing that number.

Goals:

This activity aims at improving tactile discrimination by looking for clothespins with the sense of touch only. Then squeezing the clothespins improves finger strength and encourages the use of neat pincer grasp on the writing tool. Children then practice copying or tracing numbers.

Are you ready to learn?

What you need to do:

Step 1: Prepare the activity by writing numbers 1 to 8 on the clothespins (one number for each clothespin)
Step 2: Squeeze the clothespins to attach them to your clothing and ask someone to attach some on your clothing where you can’t see them.
Step 3: Close your eyes and feel for a clothespin.
Step 4: Squeeze the clothespin open to remove it. (Don’t pull it off)
Step 5: Name the number and clip it to the corresponding number card
Step 6: Trace and copy the number on the card
Step 7: Now close your eyes and find another clothespin

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