Letter and Shape Tracingĭraw out a few big letters or shapes on a blank sheet of paper using a marker and let your child trace the letter/shape using toothpicks. Make practicing fine motor skills exciting with this fun toothpick tree activity. All they need to do is stick the toothpick into the colander holes.
Help your child practice their fine motor skills with this simple activity. Tweak it a bit to transform it into toothpick math activity by introducing the concept of patterns. Each toothpick should have at least three different fruits. Invite your child to string various fruit pieces onto a toothpick to make a great fruit salad. A bowl of diced fruits like apple, watermelon, apricot, pears and grapes is a great start for this activity. Make food fun with this delicious activity. Easy peasy! Great for building concentration skills. The task is to drop the toothpicks into the saltshaker through the holes. What you need is a toothpick and saltshaker. This is an immensely simple activity to do with children as young as two. Though with younger kids we advise utmost supervision, kids 6 years and above can easily handle toothpicks with ease and little supervision. Toothpicks are your top manipulative when it comes to fine motor activities. Instead, we recommend youtoengage your child in playful activitiesthatwork magic for motor skills – bothgross & fine. It is boring and takes away the joy from learning. While this is concerning, we do not advocate young childrengetting intosedentary pattern writing. More children are entering kindergarten without the prerequisite motor skills.
The smartphone, touchpad generation is slowly losing its grip on its fine motor skills. Research indicates that motor skills are on a steady decline. From fine motor activities, to craft and even STEM activities, toothpicks do pack a punch when it comes to keeping children meaningfully busy. You may wonder what all can be done with a simple toothpick.
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