November is always a bit of a crazy month! The honeymoon phase of a new school year has ended, the holidays are fast approaching, and fall conferences hit right in the middle of the month. It can feel a bit chaotic! But with solid routines in place, like these November fine motor activities for morning tubs, you can tame the chaos! These 20 math and ELA November fine motor activities will keep students engaged, while strengthening those important fine motor skills!

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November Fine Motor Activities for Math

These November fine motor activities for math are not only great for morning tubs, but they can also be used for centers, early finisher activities, or as fine motor bins throughout the day.

Plus, all of these November fine motor activities use common classroom supplies!

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Fine Feathers

Work on 1:1 counting by having the students add paper clip feathers to each numbered turkey.

Sort the Feathers

Strengthen those pincer muscles by having the students clip the correct colored clothespin feather to the correct colored turkey face.

Turkey Trot

Of all the November fine motor activities for math, this Turkey Trot activity is a class favorite! The students roll the die and count that many spaces on the number line. The first person to reach the number 20 wins!

Fancy Feathers

Play dough is a great tool for strengthening finger and hand muscles. For this number recognition and number formation activity, the students build the number out of play dough and then add that many feathers on the turkey.

Count the Cream

To work on 1:1 counting, use tweezers to place the appropriate number of whipped cream dollops (white pom poms) on each pie slice.

Stack the Hay

Another great activity for 1:1 counting and building muscle control is this “Stack the Hay” activity. Students snap the cubes to create a stack of hay that matches the correct number of hay bales on the card.

Piles of Leaves

Practice subitizing with this “Piles of Leaves” activity. Students link the leaves to the correct leaf bag.

Harvest Addition

For this center, the students will flip two cards and then add that many fruits or vegetables to the bushel baskets with tweezers and pom poms. Once they have modeled the addition problem, they will complete the number sentence.

Counting Cornucopias

To practice ordering numbers 1-20, the students will order the cornucopias, as they clip them to a piece of string or twine.

Football Patterns

With football season in full swing this time of the year, the students will love building and extending each pattern with the use of tweezers and football pom poms.

Pattern Block Pictures

Students love using pattern blocks to build different creations, so of course this is one of those November fine motor activities that is a class favorite. Using the key on the mat, students roll a die and select the corresponding shape to add to the picture. They keep rolling and building until the picture is complete!

November Fine Motor Activities for Literacy

The November fine motor activities for literacy are just as much fun as the math activities! Here is a sneak peek at the ten literacy activities, plus two bonus activities.

CVC Trees

During this literacy activity, the students will use chain links to build a variety of CVC words.

Turkey Builder

Put all of those extra regular-sized and mini-sized popsicle sticks to good use, as students construct each letter with this “Turkey Builder” activity.

Turkey Baker Maze

Students are really forced to concentrate, as they carefully place bingo chips (or any other small maniuplative) on the letters in ABC order in order to help the turkey find the oven.

Cornucopia Clip

With regular-sized clothespins or with mini-sized clothespins (who doesn’t love the mini version?!), the students will clip the beginning sound of the picture inside the cornucopia.

ABC Hay Ride

The students will link the uppercase and/or lowercase letters in ABC order with this “ABC Hay Ride” activity!

Feasting on Words

Keep those chain links handy, as students will need them to build a variety of sight words.

Scarecrow Sticks

To work on letter recognition, the students will clip the correct scarecrow stick (letter) on the scarecrow, matching upper to upper, lower to lower, or upper to lower.

Popsicle Stick Pictures

This fine motor activity is the perfect way to practice simple sentences. After building each design with popsicle sticks, the students will read and/or trace each sentence.

Falling for Pom Poms

“Falling for Pom Poms” really works on building those pincer muscles, as students use tweezers and pom poms to create a picture. After the picture is complete, they will trace the word with a dry erase marker. This is a fun way to tie in some new November vocabulary words.

Smashing Syllables

If smashing is involved, kids are all in! After building each picture using play dough, the students will smash the number of syllables they hear.

Torn Turkey

This adorable Torn Turkey activity is great for building muscles in the hands and fingers, as the students tear tiny pieces of construction paper and glue them inside the turkey.

Tools for November Fine Motor Activities

Here is a complete list of tools the students will need to complete these November fine motor activities:

• Gator Grabber Tweezers
• 1″ White Pom Poms
• Chain Links
• Play Dough
• Colored Popsicle Sticks
• Mini Popsicle Sticks
• 1″ Pom Poms
• Snap Cubes
• Colored Clothespins
• Mini Clothespins
• Clothespins
• Pattern Blocks
• Foam Dice
• Twine
• Bingo Chips
• Colored Paper Clips
• Construction Paper

November Fine Motor Activities

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