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“Fine Motor Finishing School”

n PROGRAM OVERVIEW “Fine Motor Finishing School” is

a program that was designed to provide students with the opportunity to enhance their f ine motor skills with hands-on activities. Students can actively participate in daily centers that focus on strengthening their pincer grip and hand-eye coordination. These center activities were designed so students can essentially work independently or with little teacher direction.

The program also integrates reading and math skills and can be adapted by virtually any grade level for students who need fine motor practice. The overall goal is for students to strengthen their fine motor muscles without ever having to simply practice with just paper and pencil.

Students’ fine motor strength will be judged based on a pre, middle, and post self-portrait. Using a rubric, I look for specific human details that should be included in the illustration. Students will also be evaluated on their participation during the centers. I use a checklist for each group of centers rating their ability to do each task on a scale.

For further information contact…

Kelly OglialoroSouth McKeel Academy

2222 Edgewood Drive SouthLakeland, FL 33803

Rt. A863-510-0044 x 3

[email protected]

2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog oF exCellenCe

n OVERALL VALUE The overall value of this program is

that it provides students the opportunity to strengthen their fine motor muscles by using hands-on activities. Students are excited about the activities they partake in and look forward to practicing these activities each day.

These centers can be easily adapted to any grade level by changing the content area ideas to match your needs.

n LESSON PLAN TITLES1. Successful Scooping

2. Cool Clothespin

3. Playful Playdoh

4. Purposeful Pipe Cleaner/ Lacing

5. Various

n PRE PLANNINGMy center t ime operates with

five centers that last for 15 minutes each. Four students make up each heterogeneous group. Teachers should choose one center per day. Repetition is important, introduction of new skills are also important. The centers are separated based on the main supplies used for the activities.

n MATERIALS Materials for each lesson are listed

with each lesson plan. Overall materials budget including prices and vendors follows the lesson plans.

n ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Kelly Oglialoro graduated with a

Bachelor of Science in PreK/Primary Education from Florida Southern College. She received her Master’s degree in Reading from the University of South Florida.

She has been teaching for 7 years. She taught first grade for 5 years at South McKeel Academy where she currently teaches preschool. This is her second year as a preschool teacher.

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“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 1: Successful Scooping

n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor – Hand-eye coordination

n GRADESPreK – K (or others needing fine motor practice)

n OBJECTIVES • Students will increase their fine motor

strength and hand-eye coordination by practicing scooping.

n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS

• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Scissor Scoops or Tongs

• Beads

• Bowls

n DIRECTIONS Spoon beads with a scoop into a

bowl. To differentiate based on skills, more advanced students can sort beads they scoop into particular color groups and those less advanced can focus on successfully scooping the beads into the bowl.

AdaptationsThis center can be adapted in many

ways. Beads could have numerals written on them and then students can create equations with their beads. Beads could also have letters written on them and then students can make words.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the scooping checklist, the

teacher will rate the student’s individual scooping ability.

Scooping Center 2

n SUBJECT COVEREDFine Motor


n OBJECTIVES • Students will increase their fine

motor strength and pincer grip by using tongs to sort cubes based on an attribute of size or color.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Scissor Scoops or Tongs

• Cubes

• Bowls


n DIRECTIONS Use tongs to pick up cubes. Students

can sort them based on size and color.

AdaptationsThe cubes could have word families

and consonants writ ten on them. Students can pick up two cubes and create words. The possibilities are endless!

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the scooping checklist, the

teacher will rate the student’s individual scooping ability.

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“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 1: Successful Scooping - Addl Info


n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor – Hand-eye coordination and pincer grip



strength and hand-eye coordination by attaching clothespins or colored paperclips to a paint chip.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Colored clothespins

• Paint chips

• Colored paper

• Colored paperclips

n DIRECTIONS Use co lo red c lo thesp ins o r

paperclips and attach to paint chips or colored paper.

AdaptationsStudents can use the clothespins or

paperclips to match.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the clothespin checklist,

the teacher will rate the student’s individual pincer grip strength by their ability to attach the clothespins to the paint chip.

Center 2

n SUBJECTS COVEREDClothespins – Hand-eye coordination and pincer grip



strength and hand-eye coordination by attaching clothespins attaching the correct c lothespin to the correlating numeral car.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Clothespins with numerals written

on them

• Numeral cards

n DIRECTIONS Use attached numeral cards. Cut

them out and laminate. Students will choose a numeral card and then attach clothespins to show the number.

AdaptationsTeachers can make number

sentence cards and have the students attach the clothespin with the sum, difference, product, etc.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the clothespin checklist, the

teacher will rate the student’s individual pincer grip strength by their ability to attach the clothespins to the numeral card.

“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 2: Cool Clothespins

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motor strength and hand-eye coordination by attaching the correct letter clothespin to the correlating alphabet card


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Colored Clothespins

• Alphabet cards

n DIRECTIONS Use attached alphabet cards. Print

and laminate. Write corresponding upper and lower case letters on each clothespin (may need multiple sets). Students will match the letters by clipping the clothespin to the paper.

AdaptationsTeachers could make sight word

cards and students should spell the word using clothespins.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the clothespin checklist, the

teacher will rate the student’s individual pincer grip by monitoring his/her ability to attach the clothespin to the card.

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“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 2: Cool Clothespins - Additional Info


“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 3: Playful Playdoh

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motor strength and hand-eye coordination by rolling Playdoh and forming letters and numerals.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Playdoh• Numeral cards• Letter cards

n DIRECTIONS Use the printed and laminated

numeral and letter cards. Students should form the Playdoh into the correct numerals and letters.

AdaptationsTeachers can have students

form spelling and sight words using Playdoh.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the Playdoh checklist, the

teacher will rate the student’s ability to roll the Playdoh to form letters and numerals.

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strength and hand-eye coordination by putting golf tees in Playdoh and placing marbles on top.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Playdoh• Golf tees• Marbles

n DIRECTIONS Students will make a mound out of

the Playdoh. They will then stick golf tees into the Playdoh. They will then try and put a marble on top of the tee.


teacher will rate the student’s individual pincer grip by monitoring his/her ability to attach the clothespin to the card.

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n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor – Hand-eye coordination



motor strength and hand-eye coordination by rolling Playdoh and forming shapes.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Playdoh

• Shape cards

n DIRECTIONS Use the printed and laminated

shape cards. Have the students form the Playdoh into the shapes on the cards.

AdaptationsStudents can create 3D shapes

using Playdoh and toothpicks.


teacher will rate the student’s ability to roll the Playdoh and create the shapes.


“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 3: Playful Playdoh - Additional Info


n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor – pincer grip and hand-eye coordination



strength and hand-eye coordination by weaving pipe cleaner through a collinder.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Pipe cleaner

• Collinder

n DIRECTIONS Use pipe cleaners and let students

string them through collinders.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the pipe cleaner checklist, the

teacher will rate the student’s individual ability to successfully weave pipe cleaner through the collinder holes.

Center 2

n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor – pincer grip



motor strength and hand-eye coordination by stringing buttons on pipe cleaner.


• FL VPK—I.D.1


• Buttons

• Beads

n DIRECTIONS Students should string colored

buttons on to the same color pipe cleaner.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the pipe cleaner checklist,

the teacher will rate the student’s ability to string beads or buttons on the pipe cleaner.

“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 4: Purposeful Pipe Cleaner

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strength and hand-eye coordination by stringing the correct number of beads on the pipe cleaner.


• FL VPK—I.D.1


• Numeral cards

• Beads

n DIRECTIONS Attach a numeral card to the end of

a pipe cleaner. Students will then string beads on to the pipe cleaner to represent the numeral.


teacher will rate the student’s ability to string the correct number of beads on the pipe cleaner.


“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 4: Purposeful Pipe Cleaner (cont.)


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motor strength by using pipe cleaner to create shapes.


• FL VPK—I.D.1


• Shape cards

n DIRECTIONS Print and laminate shape cards

(attached). Allow students to form the shapes using the pipe cleaner.

AdaptationsStudents could use Wiki Sticks or

Playdoh to make shapes.


teacher will rate the student’s ability to manipulate the pipe cleaner and create specific shapes.

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strength and hand-eye coordination by stringing letters on string and creating words.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Lace-a-word Beads

• Lacing Collage Boards

n DIRECTIONS Using the Lace-a Word beads,

students can string letters on their lace. The teacher can ask for the students to name the letters, put them in order, etc.

AdaptationsStudents could create word family

necklaces or spell their spelling or sight words.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the pipe cleaner checklist

provided, the teacher will rate the student’s ability to string letters on string.

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“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 4: Purposeful Pipe Cleaner - Additional Info


n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor; Other: Hand-eye coordina-tion; pincer grip



motor strength by using Wiki Sticks to create shapes, letters, and numerals.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Wiki Sticks

• Shape cards

• Letter cards

• Numeral cards

n DIRECTIONS Use Wiki sticks to trace shape, letter,

and numeral cards.

AdaptationsStudents can create words, word

families, etc. using Wiki Sticks.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the various checklists, the

teacher will rate the student’s ability to manipulate the Wiki Sticks to create shapes, letters, and numerals.

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n SUBJECTS COVEREDFine Motor


n OBJECTIVES • Students will increase their hand-

eye coordination by moving cars along the masking tape lines.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Masking tape

• Hot Wheels cars

n DIRECTIONS Put masking tape down onto the

floor making various lines (straight, curved, zigzag) and have the students drive their cars around.

AdaptationsTeachers could write sight words

along the masking tape “road” and students have to say the name of the word they land on; Teachers could also write numerals along the way and students have to make number sentences.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the checklist provided, the

teacher will rate the student’s ability to follow the masking tape “road”.

“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 5: Various

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motor strength by screwing nuts and bolts together.


• FL VPK—I.D.1

n MATERIALS• Nuts

• Bolts

n DIRECTIONS Using nuts and bolts, students will

screw the nut on to the correct sized bolt.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT Using the various checklists, the

teacher will rate the student’s ability to screw the nuts and bolts together.

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“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroLesson Plan No 5: Various - Additional Info


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“Fine Motor Finishing School” Kelly OglialoroRubric

Wal-Mart Office Mate Paper Clips (800 pk) $8.88 1 $8.88

Bucket O’ Beads 6.91 1 6.91

Favorite Findings Buttons (item 005266346) $5.66 2 $11.32

Play-doh (24 pk) $13.54 1 $13.54

Mega Marbles (1/2 lb. of rounds) $19.99 1 $19.99

Golf Tees (2 ¾ in Pride PTS; 175 count) $5.61 1 $5.61

Hot Wheels Basic Cars (10 pk) $7.97 1 $7.97

Dollar Tree Chenille Stems (45 count) $1.00 5 $5.00

Collinder (Betty Crocker 8 ¾ ) $1.00 5 $5.00

Clothespins (pack of 50) $1.00 5 $5.00

Cooking Concepts Plastic Tongs $1.00 5 $5.00

Lowes SteelWorks Machine Screws and Nuts Kit $3.97 1 $3.97

Lakeshore Learning Wiki Sticks (item WS537) $29.95 1 $29.95

Lace-a-Word Bead (lower case BD297) $19.99 1 $19.99

Lacing Collage Boards (FF529) $9.95 1 $9.95

Fine Motor Scissor Scoops (set of 4) $9.95 1 $9.95

1” Color Cubes (RA838) $19.95 1 $19.95

Kelly OglialoroSouth McKeel Academy

$187.98

$12.02

$200.00

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