Course card for Supporting Fine Motor Skills From Infancy Through Preschool child care training

Fine Motor Skills and activities in Early Childhood | Infant, toddler, and preschool teacher training

Supporting Fine Motor Skills From Infancy Through Preschool

Writing, cutting, and pencil skills don’t start with worksheets — they start with play.
You want your babies, toddlers, and preschoolers building the fine motor skills they actually need first, without adding complicated activities, expensive materials, or more work to your day.
In this self-paced video training, you’ll learn:
  1. What’s actually expected at each age (and where we often expect too much too soon)
  2. Over 100 fresh, play-based activity ideas broken down by age using materials you likely already have 
  3. Expert guidance on promoting correct pencil grasp, early writing, and scissor skills in developmentally appropriate ways

Simple play-based fine motor activities starting with babies through preschool (because cutting, writing, and pencil grasp start long before children pick up a crayon!)
Resources

Includes a downloadable handbook with fine motor activities, yours forever!

Inside this 95 page digital handbook you'll find:
  • Fine motor milestones checklists broken down by age, you can share with families or use during conferences
  • Over 100 no prep and low prep developmentally appropriate play-based activities broken down by baby, toddler, and preschool ages 
  • Expert guidance on how the toys and play activities support specific fine motor skills
Training outcomes

By the end of this 3 hour | 0.3 CEU training, participants will be able to:

  • Identify fine motor milestones for the birth to 5 year old.
  • Identify fine motor activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
  • Identify strategies to promote pencil grasp and facilitate scissor skills.

See what infant, toddler, and preschool educators are saying

"I like all the tips and tricks to foster fine motor. Lots of new ideas to try in the classroom.

I really liked learning about the pencil grasps and drawing progression.  Clear, concise and practical uses for our program."
"There were some great ideas on how to upgrade our fine motor activities to really help our students.

I love learning about the different kinds of scissors. I didn’t know how to use one of them, but she showed it in the video. I’m going to add them to my Daycare. I also learned about which letters to start teaching kids how to write first and which ones to so second, I didn’t know that! It was really a good training class and really learned a lot and I look forward to taking more classes.” 
"Very user friendly and accessible. Kelly's courses are always informative and enjoyable. Never disappoints.

A highlight was talking about how to hold a pencil and cutting with scissors and just going over each age group what they should know."

Fine motor skills start long before children pick up a pencil

Know What To Expect At Every Age
Learn milestones at each age from 6 months to 5 years so you know what skills are expected, what to support next, and when expectations may be too high.
Leave Knowing Exactly What To Do
Watch video examples with low-prep activity ideas you can use right away to build fine motor skills through developmentally appropriate play.
Clear Answers, Not Guesswork
Confidence knowing what actually matters when it comes to fine motor play, tracing, early writing, scissors, and what skills children truly need first.

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Meet Your Trainer

Hi, I'm Kelly
A licensed Speech Language Pathologist, Early Intervention Specialist, Child Care Trainer, and Former Family Child Care Owner

I work alongside teachers every day caring for children with developmental delays, feeding challenges, speech and language disorders, and more.

I kept hearing the same thing: "Our trainings don't teach us this." So I created trainings that do! 

No fluff. Just practical strategies designed to fit naturally into everyday routines with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
Speech-language pathologist working on professional development resources for early childhood educators

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