Hand Strengthening Activities for Kindergarten and Up: Free Printable
Strengthening hand muscles is essential for successful handwriting, scissor use, drawing, and everyday classroom tasks. This free printable set of hole-punch strips is a simple, highly motivating way to build fine motor strength and coordination in kindergarteners and older students. These hand strengthening activities for kindergarten and up provide opportunities to trace shapes, draw shapes, and hole punch matching shapes, all of which support hand strength and visual-motor development. The freebie is from the complete Hole Punch Palooza.
How to Complete the Hand Strengthening Activities for Kindergarten and Up
- Print out the page.
- Cut out the 8 strips. Follow the directions on each strip to trace, draw, and hole punch the correct shapes.
- (Shapes include circles, crosses, squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, and ovals as shown in the freebie page.)
- Here are alternatives to using a hole punch and they still provide a great fine motor workout while supporting accuracy and control.
- Dot markers
- Small clothespins
- Paper clips
- Small stickers
Hole Punch Palooza
Skills Practiced With This Freebie
These activity strips target multiple school-ready skills, including:
- Fine motor skills
- Visual-motor skills
- Visual spatial skills
- Visual discrimination
- Hand strengthening
Students practice tracing, drawing, and punching out matching shapes. Using the hole punch strengthens the small muscles of the hands and improving coordination.
More Hand Strengthening Activities for Kindergarten and Up
Try these additional activities for even more fine motor fun:
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