Motor Skills: Go Fish!
Materials: colorful paper, paper clips, magnet, yarn, tape, Fish Template printable from My Big World website, stick or dowel
- This pretend fishing game is reel-y fun!
- To prepare, trace and cut paper fish shapes using the Fish Template printable. Tape paper clips to each fish. Then make a “fishing pole”: Tie a magnet to one end of a piece of yarn, and tie the other end to a stick or dowel.
- Lay the “fish” out on the floor, and have children try to pull them up using the string.
- Once children have gotten a hang of “fishing,” have them try to pick up specific fish. For example, you could tell them to catch a blue fish. You could also draw letters or numbers on the fish and tell them to catch a certain one. fine motor skills