Fine Motor Activities for December Morning Work

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Engage your students, as they build fine motor skills with these 20 math and ELA fine motor activities for December! Make the most out of fine motor tubs, morning work, or centers with these hands-on meaningful tasks!

This edition includes a total of 20 fine motor activities for December, plus 2 bonus activities!

1. Trim the Tree (play dough | number identification)
2. Counting Tree (festive manipulatives | number sense)
3. Sticker Tree (stickers | number sense)
4. Orderly Ornaments (clothespins | number order)
5. Ornament Patterns (pom poms | patterns)
6. Pattern Block Pictures (pattern blocks | shape recognition)
7. Holiday Addition (linking cubes | addition)
8. Candy Cane Count (paper clips | one-to-one correspondence)
9. Button Count (buttons | one-to-one correspondence)
10. Button Bonds (buttons | number bonds to 20)
11. Feed the Gingerbread Man (pom poms | counting)
12. Feed the Gingerbread Man (pom poms | addition to 5)
13. Colorful Lights (pom poms | color word recognition)
14. Popsicle Stick Pictures (popsicle sticks | sight word recognition)
15. Stocking Stuffers (clothespins | beginning or ending sounds)
16. String the CVC Lights (chain links | cvc words)
17. Tree Trunk Alphabet (clothespins | alphabet match)
18. CVC Trees (clothespins | middle sounds)
19. Alphabet Train (chain links | abc order)
20. Sound Sacks (chain links | beginning sound)
21. Santa’s Dough Shop (play dough | syllable identification)
22. Scrambled Stockings (clothespins | sight word recognition)

Prep once and use all month! The fine motor activities for December use common classroom manipulatives. Print and cut each fine motor activity and gather the necessary manipulatives. Each activity can be placed in a bin, tub, or clear baggie so students can easily grab and play independently.

• Pattern Blocks
• Snap Cubes / Linking Cubes
• Play Dough
• Clothespins
• Dot Stickers
• Festive Manipulatives
• Popsicle Sticks
• Chain Links
• Paper Clips
• Pom Poms
• Buttons

Please download the preview for a closer look at each activity!

If you like these fine motor activities, you’ll also enjoy these name builders and sight word builders, which build fine motor control and name/sight word recognition!

I hope your students love working on these fine motor activities throughout the month of December!

Keeping our little learners SHARP together!

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