Pegboard Heart Activity - Fine Motor Skills

 

It is always fun to sneak in some fine motor skills to any learning activity. We have a fun way to incorporate Valentine’s Day into a fun fine motor peg board activity. There are so many fine motor skills that can be learnt from working with peg boards.

 

This toddler activity incorporates eye-hand coordination, pincer grip for pre-writing exercise and some cutting.  So get some free occupational therapy and a few hugs!

  

SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED:

• 1 sheet of cardstock paper
• Pair of scissors
• Crayon/pencil/marker
• Pegboard and Pegs (any of our sets will work with this activity)

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:  

• Take cardstock paper
• Fold in half
• Draw half a hart along the fold
• Have your preschooler or toddler cut on the lines
• Place on pegboard and make sure you can see the holes around the heart
• Place the pegs around the heart

 

 

PLAY IDEAS:

• Cut different shapes – stars, squares – place on board and fit pegs around them
• Stack the pegs by color or by shape
• Put the pegs in rainbow order

 

SKILLS BANK:

• Pincer grip
• Finger strengthening
• Cutting
• Hand–eye coordination
• In hand manipulation
• Color recognition
• Bilateral coordination
• Shape recognition
• Patterning

 

 

We hope you and your little ones enjoy!