# Fine motor skills

> Canonical page: /en/fine-motor-skills

## Programme

  Feeling, trying and trying again are at the heart of this activity. It doesn't have to work straight away: children are given space to practise using their hands and fingers.

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### Feeling and drawing

      With shaving foam and sand, children discover other ways to draw.

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### Threading

      Threading beads on a string requires focused hand movements.

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### Practising cutting

      Children discover how to use scissors.

  Suitable for groups 2 to 4 (ages 5–8). The teacher adapts the activities to the group.

## Skills children practise here

- Fine motor skills
    
- Material exploration
    
- Patient practice