Play dough snakes is a fun scissors skills activity that’s great for fine motor development.
Materials:
- Playdough
- Scissors- loop scissors | spring-loaded
Instructions:
First, guide your child to roll play dough into a “snake”- this is a great fine motor strengthening workout for young preschoolers. Then, press wide lines in the “snake” (but don’t cut through the snake yet) by pressing the blade of the scissors onto the play dough (count aloud as you make each line). Support your child in holding the play dough “snake” with one hand while they snip the play dough on each line with the other.
What are they learning?
- Fine Motor- Builds strength and coordination of small movements in hands to pick up, squeeze, twist, cut, and manipulate tools and toys.
- Measurement- Estimates, measures and compares size, weight, length, or volume.
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