Suggested Family Activity ✏️ Get Ready to Write
Preschool age children can get their fingers ready to learn how to write by moving small items from one place to another. Place marshmallows or pieces of cereal in a bowl and give your child another bowl to move the items into. The ‘pinching’ motion that they make when they do this activity helps get their fingers limber enough to hold things, including eventually a pencil. Once they have mastered that, you can make it harder by giving them a spoon, a large pair of tweezers, or plastic tongs to move the items from one bowl to another. Babies and toddlers can also start learning how to use their hands in a similar way: Put larger items such as balls, stuffed animals, and other soft toys together in a box for them to move from one box to another.
