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Catch a Heart Fine Motor & Sorting Activity

January 18, 2018 by Nadia van Zyl 16 Comments

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Set up a “catch a heart” fine motor & sorting activity for your young child to develop those fine motor and sorting skills in a fun way.

Catch a heart

Look at this easy-to-set-up and so-great-for-learning-hands-on hearts fine motor tray! PS- do check out these Fine Motor Books, almost 200 fun fine motor activities in two ebooks!

Materials needed



Pipecleaners and a tray are all you need! (A tray with three compartments like THIS ONE) and a wire bender if you choose, but not necessary.

Pipecleaners


I cut the pipecleaners as shown below. One whole pipecleaner for a large heart, half of a pipecleaner for a medium heart and a third of a pipecleaner for the small hearts.

You can cut as many hearts and sizes as you want. I chose small, medium and large because it works well with the tray and it is vocabulary my 5-year-old needs to learn.

Hearts

Bend another pipecleaner into a hook.

Show your child to sort the hearts according to size after “catching” the heart. Fine motor skills and perceptual skills at work here.

Catching and sorting

Make a game out of it and time yourself, beat each other’s times or beat your best score.

A fun fine motor activity to make today and it is also perfect for the days leading up to Valentine’s Day!

Catch a heart
Hearts

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