Fine Motor Activities

Tala is going to a new school this coming school year. She has been with Gymboree since she was 2 months old and now its time to go (sniff sniff). Although we will be missing Gymboree so much, we are also excited to see how she'll react to her new school.

She had her assessment recently and according to their school head, she is very independent and smart. Although, she needs to work on her writing skills since her classmates can write their first names already and will be taught to write their last names this coming school year. I was shocked to hear this. I think writing should start at four years old. Tala only knows how to write her nickname. But I guess if she is taught in a fun and relaxed way, without any pressure then its ok.

The school head suggested we do a lot of fine motor skills at home to strengthen her little fingers. This includes cutting, tearing of paper, coloring, playing with dough etc. Since then, we have been doing one or two fine motor activities everyday. I've also printed a bunch of worksheets with her name for practice.

I'm so glad she likes doing these things and forgets about watching TV! Yesterday her bita bought her some new dough and she decided to copy the samples in the packaging today. I remember doing this too I was smaller! She made one tree, formed the volcano, the lava and the baby bird!