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Lesson Planet Article
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Different Ways to Develop Fine Motor Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Adjust your everyday routine to efficiently improve fine motor skills in your classroom.
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Activity
Positively Autism

Fine Motor Skills for the Home or Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Put coins in a piggy bank. Thread a shoelace through straws. Take a nut off and place it back on a bolt. Help kids develop their fine motor skills with this series of activities.
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Lesson Plan
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Motor Skills and Movement Patterns

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore the human body by participating in physical activities. In this physical education instructional activity, students demonstrate their physical prowess and motor skills by performing tasks such as climbing and rope...
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Printables
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Ice Cream Color Matching Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Kids can practice color matching and fine motor skills as they cut out scoops to put on cones and bars to place over popsicle sticks. Glue the first to pages to the inside of a file...
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Activity
It's About Time

Building an Electric Motor

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Rev your motor with a hands-on activity about electricity. Learners build their own electric motor before reading a handout and answering some questions. 
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Lesson Plan
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Sponge Bob Day!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore and practice a variety of motor skills. In this physical education movement lesson, students rotate between 6 stations. Each station provides a Sponge Bob related activity which requires the children to use fine and...
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Lesson Plan
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Developing Coordination Skills and Pencil Control Using Mouse Hockey

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars explore motor skills by participating in a drawing activity. In this hand coordination lesson, students utilize activity sheets in which they drag their pencil in a specific direction quickly and efficiently. Young...
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Lesson Plan
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Self-Portrait

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Build a sense of self while honing prewriting and fine motor skills by having your learners with autism draw a self-portrait. The lesson is intended for younger pupils but could be used with learners of any age in need of motor and...
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Lesson Plan
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Paper Ring Art

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A few bits of paper can really go a long way when it comes to art. Learners build motor skills and a creative voice as they shape and glue thin strips of paper, creating an original scene. 
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Activity
Pre-k Pages

Fire Engine Alphabet Clothespin Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Weeoou weeoou! What's that sound? It's the alphabet fire truck! Cover the letters of the alphabet and fire engines with a fun letter-matching game.
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Worksheet
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Preschool Coloring Page-Clown Pyramid

For Students Pre-K
This coloring worksheet designed for pre-schoolers features a picture of a pyramid of clowns. There are many small parts and patterns which will require effort and adept fine motor skills to complete, however the lively theme should keep...
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Lesson Plan
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Face Study: Draw the Other Half

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Build fine motor, spatial, and drawing skills by having the class complete the other half of a portrait. They choose an image of a face from a magazine, then attempt to draw the other half of the face as accurately as they can. Two book...
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Lesson Plan
Teaching Adapted PE

Locomotor and Object Control Stations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Develop children's basic locomotor and object control skills with an invigorating Adaptive PE lesson. A series of four, timed stations engaged the class in playing a game of Twister, walking on a balance beam, throwing bean bags, and...
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Lesson Plan
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DC Motors

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders build simple electromagnets and small motors using a motor kit in order to illustrate how magnetic fields are produced by a current carrying wire and how an external magnetic field produces a force on a current carrying...
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Worksheet
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Beach Towel Cutting Activity

For Students K - 1st
In this art instructional activity, students follow the directions to make person lying on a beach towel. They use their fine motor skills to cut a fringe on paper to look like a beach towel. They color and cut out a picture of...
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Lesson Plan
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop their fine motor skills as they make a craft for Mother's Day. In this crafts lesson, students make a craft including bookmarks, coupon books, cards, bath salts, and magnets.
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Lesson Plan
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Publish a Book

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Help your autistic learners to create a story and publish a book. They write simple stories, then turn their stories into books. A picture is drawn for each page of the book and the story is written below. Note: This is a good activity...
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Lesson Plan
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Picture This

For Teachers K - 4th
A unique writing lesson, this plan begins with learners talking about multiculturalism in small groups. Each learner will choose a picture from a newspaper, describe it to their small group, and think about how it relates to...
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Lesson Plan
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Name Parts of a Computer and Terms for Interface Elements

For Teachers K - 2nd
Familiarize your young learners with the parts of a computer and some basic key terms relating to technology. As the teacher demonstrates using an LCD projector, class members practice moving a mouse, opening the Internet, typing in a...
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Lesson Plan
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: A Funny Hat Show

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create unique hats. In this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in a group celebration to foster social skills, creativity, and fine- and gross-motor development as they put on a funny fashion show with the hats they...
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Lesson Plan
August House

A Tale of Two Frogs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Ribbit ribbit! Hop through a series of activities based on A Tale of Two Frogs. Kids read the Russian folktale and answer reading comprehension questions before working on phonics exercises, tracing dotting lines to make a path between...
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Lesson Plan
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

What’s My Vocabulary Word?

For Teachers 3rd
The elements of dance can be used to communicate thoughts and, in this case, words. In small groups, the class first creates a set of movements to show a single word. Then, they extend their movements to show a three-word phrase....
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Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: G Words

For Students K - 1st Standards
Good golly! Practice the letter G with a worksheet that prompts kids to cut, glue, and write. After finding the pictures that use the letter G, kids glue them in the correct places and write the words underneath
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Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: M Words Cut-Outs

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Make no mistake—a worksheet on the letter M is a fun way for kids to practice cutting, matching, and gluing. Learners review five pictures and match helicopters with the correct words to each image.