If you want to practice pre-writing skills, crossing midline, and fine motor skills, check out this FREE printable packet – Lazy Eight Handwriting Grand Prix Fine Motor Skill Builder. You can download it for free at the end of this post. Children can work on improving the flow and control of arm movements, develops eye-hand […]
Need some last minute ideas to encourage fine motor, visual motor and gross motor skills during December? Check out this list of 22 free printables for December. Free Printables for December – Fine Motor Holiday Lights December Holiday Clothes Pin Mat Color, Cut, and Glue for December Elephant Holiday Hat Holiday Match Up Free Printables […]
If you are in search of a generic visual motor activity for any holiday or birthday celebration, check out this visual motor freebie Decorate the Gifts. You can download it for free at the bottom of the post. The great thing about this printable is that you can use it for any holiday or even […]
Are you looking for something a little different for students to practice simple visual motor skills? These two free sample pages from Simple Shape Drawings might be just the activity you are looking for. Benefits of the Free Simple Shape Drawings These freebies include two simple pictures to draw around the outline of the cat […]
Do you need an activity to practice symmetry, visual motor and visual closure skills? These cat finish the picture printables are FREE (download at the end of the post). It includes three levels of difficulty: What is visual closure? Visual closure is a visual perceptual skill that allows you to know what an object is […]
Can you catch the correct butterflies? Can you catch the correct butterflies? Download this freebie from the Catching Butterflies complete packet. Connect the dots to form the mystery letter. Once you recognize the letter, catch (circle with your pencil) all of the matching butterfly letters. This printable Catching Butterflies freebie encourages: visual motor skills visual […]
Color the Geometric Shapes Freebie Looking for a quick, no-prep, visual motor activity? This color the geometric shapes freebie is from the Shapes Mini Packet. There are 6 different shapes to find and color. The geometric shapes include circles, squares, triangles, hearts, hexagons, and stars. The colors are yellow, blue, orange, green, red, and purple. […]
Eye Tracking and Visual Motor Skills in Young Children The Journal of Experimental Psychology published research examining eye tracking and visual motor skills in young children. The participants included 40 preschool and early elementary school children. Using head-mounted eye tracking methods visual motor skills were directly measured when the children copied familiar (English letters) and unfamiliar […]
Find and Color Marine Life Visual Motor Freebie Here is a fun FREEBIE to challenge visual perceptual and fine motor skills – find and color marine life. Students need to find the marine life and color it according to the key on the activity page. Add an additional challenge by having the students count each […]
Predictive Power of Executive Functions, Visual-Motor Coordination and Physical Fitness on Later Academic Achievement Are you concerned when you see young children enter kindergarten who may not be ready? The concern is usually for a good reason. When children do not arrive with school readiness skills it can affect later academic achievement. Human Movement Science […]