I love to use everyday tools and materials found around the house to work on fine motor skills. Today we are going to use the classic kitchen tongs to promote hand strength, object manipulation and motor coordination. It is a great activity to prepare our little ones for the use of scissors. Use tongs to pick up pompoms, Legos, small bath toys and put them in or take out of containers. You can even add some water for the bath toys because most kids love to add in the water play! How about cooking up some spaghetti and have your child practice picking up the spaghetti with the tongs and placing it a bowl. They might also want to do some sensory play with spaghetti using their hands.
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