Your lesson

Fine Motor: Cheerios Bird Feeder

You will need:

Pipe cleaner
Cheerios
Ribbon

The Activity:

In this activity, your child will learn how to string cheerios onto a pipe cleaner. This video will teach your child how to properly string beads with their little fingers.

Goals:

Beading is a fun way to work on improving fine motor skills such as pincer grasp, eye-hand coordination, and bilateral coordination. Bilateral Coordination requires children to use both sides of the body at the same time in a controlled and organized manner. Children will learn to use their thumb and index finger when beading.

Are you ready to learn?

What you need to do:

Step 1: Take a pipe cleaner and bend the edge
Step 2: string cheerios on the pipe cleaner
Step 3: Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner to each other
Step 4: Shape into a heart
Step 5: Attach a ribbon
Step 6: You can hang it on the branch of a tree for little birds to come eat

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