A selection of warm up exercises before Fine Motor Activities

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Here are a good selection of warm up activities - ideal to use before you start fine motor and Healthy / Happy Hands activities.

This link gives clear information and photos to illustrate actions.

There are some good new ideas eg Pencil Olympics, Inchworm 

https://www.growinghandsonkids.com/?s=warm+up

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• Fine Motor Skills
• Cutting skills
• Dominant hand
• Finger manipulation / Pincer Grip Development
• Hand Arches
• Hand eye coordination
• Hands- strength
• Handwriting
• Left handed advice
• Pencil control/ tracing
• Pre Letter formation / Letter formation
• Pressure difficulties
• Using two hands
• Wrists

15. Pressure difficulties

Fact Sheets

Games you can play at home to develop Fine Motor Skills

Fact Sheets

Elbow trick when cutting

Illustrations

Jumbo Tweezers

Illustrations

Scissor Assessment Kit

Learning Aids