Learning Activities For Children » Fine Motor Skills http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com Learning Activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and elementary school aged children. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:28:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 5 Skills Children Build From Putting Together Jigsaw Puzzles http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/5-skills-children-build-from-putting-together-jigsaw-puzzles/ http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/5-skills-children-build-from-putting-together-jigsaw-puzzles/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:44:29 +0000 Melissa http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/?p=223 My 4 year old and 3 year old girls love puzzles especially 100 + pieces princess puzzles. They are such good friends working on puzzles together and in addition to keeping them occupied it is great to know that they are building important educational skills.

  • Hand-Eye Coordination
  • Memory
  • Fine motor skills
  • Learn to look at details/ problem solve
  • Matching
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For children too young to understand how to take care of a garden, have plastic fruits and veggies in a sandbox or in a designated area of your yard. Provide your children with child sized spades a rakes for their garden. This will provide you with a wonderful opportunity to help teach your child the names of the fruits and vegetables, colors, shapes and sizes (larger, smaller). Your child will also use his find motor skills as he digs and pulls out vegetables. Try a baggie garden with your child to teach that vegetables start out as seeds.

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