Fine motor skills- How to teach your preschooler proper pencil grip:
Try laying the pencil with the tip toward his hand and have him pick it up with his thumb and index finger (this is the pincer grip). Then, when he flips the pencil over to start to draw, he’ll be pinching it, and the pencil will rest between his thumb and index finger, which is a proper pencil grasp (try it, it works!). If this is hard for him, have him practice picking up small objects with his finger and thumb, or child-safe tweezers, to work on his pincer grip. You could break crayons into one-inch pieces to encourage the proper grip early on. (If you search “proper pencil grip” on YouTube, you’ll find video tutorials so you can help your preschooler master this important skill.)
Fine motor skills can be developed away from the table. Have your child help in the kitchen, cutting green beans or peppers with child-safe scissors, stirring batter and opening containers. Outside, kids can play in the sand or squeeze spray bottles of water to build hand strength, poke at bubbles for hand-eye coordination, and use sidewalk chalk for fine motor skills.
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