Fine Motor Development

3 years & up. Children will enjoy splashing around with these Colorful Handy Scoops™ for Catch and Release Water Activities. These easy-grip scoops promote fine motor skills, color recognition, and exploration. Use these scoops for swimming pool or water table activities. Encourage children to identify the colors of their scoops as they use them.

12 months & up. Help children learn to stack with the Montessori Flower Tower. Inspired by the Montessori educational approach, this tower has 5 pieces that increase in size and fit on top of each other. To correctly stack the pieces, children must figure out how to arrange them from smallest to largest. As they build the tower, children will develop important sorting and patterning skills.

2 years & up. The diversity fastening doll offers children many ways to practice fine motor skills. Through zippers, buttons, snaps, buckles, and shoe laces, children will learn to undress and dress themselves. This doll will also assist students in developing respect for diversity of genders and races. This doll can also help users learn about their community and others around the world. Machine washable. Clothing styles may vary.

4 years & up. Encourage children to practice fine motor skills with this delightful Chunky Colorful Bead Sequencing and Patterning Practice Set with Storage Box. This bright colored bead sequencing set develops shape-recognition, color recognition, and spatial relations. Includes 10 simply designed, colorful patterns, and 45 pattern blocks in 6 different shapes and colors for replicating each pattern. Stores neatly in a wooden case.

3 years & up. Incorporate animals into fine motor practice with these exciting Animal Lacing Boards. These lacing boards promote dexterity, hand-eye coordination, problem solving, and sequencing. Encourage your children to identify the animal and the color of the string as they lace these durable boards. Available in sets of 4 or the collection of 12. Each board measures 6"L x 6"W.

2 years & up. These beautiful stones offer a tactile and visual way of introducing young children to letter formation. Each stone is carefully engraved to provide important sensory feedback to help young children develop the movements needed for writing each letter. Starting at the green dot, children will enjoy tracing each letter shape with their finger, building important motor-memory skills. Stones are tough enough to be used in sand, water and outdoors, opening up exciting opportunities for learning throughout multiple settings. Set contains 26 letter stones (2.75" - 4" approx.) and an activity leaflet.

2 years & up. Teach children the fine motor skills of dressing yourself with this fun and entertaining Curious George plush! Features an adorable removable jacket that helps teach children four essential dressing skills and encourages hand-eye coordination. Encourage children to learn zip, tie, button, and snapping skills that will last a life time. Measures 16" tall.

3 years & up. Introduce children to essential skills through hands-on play with this multi-fastening toy. Start with simple lacing, then progress to snap buttons and zippers for an engaging challenge. Each fastening activity helps strengthen fine motor skills and boosts confidence, turning learning into a fun and fulfilling experience. Measures 3.9"L x 8.2"W x 6.4"H.

2 years & up. The diversity fastening doll offers children many ways to practice fine motor skills. Through zippers, buttons, snaps, buckles, and shoe laces, children will learn to undress and dress themselves. This doll will also assist students in developing respect for diversity of genders and races. This doll can also help users learn about their community and others around the world. Machine washable. Clothing styles may vary.

12 months & up. Encourage hands-on learning, colorful exploration, and fine motor development with the Montessori Colorful Peg Board, this engaging wooden manipulative includes 16 stackable pieces in vibrant green, yellow, red, and blue. Children can stack, sort, arrange, and combine the pieces in different ways while exploring color, pattern, sequencing, and spatial relationships through open-ended play. Made from smooth, high-quality wood, the pieces feature an ergonomic design that is easy for small hands to grasp and manipulate. As children place and stack each piece, they strengthen fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and visual-motor control. The colorful pieces also support early math learning by encouraging sorting, matching, pattern recognition, and comparison. Montessori-inspired learning spaces.<br />  

2 years & up. Encourage children to explore their creativity as they build and discover basic engineering skills. My First Polydron Gears Set is ideal for introducing younger children to the concept of STEM, using gears. Assemble structures using squares and add gears by simply pushing them into place. Once connected, turn one gear and see the rest of them rotate! Not only do the gears mesh together on a flat surface, but also at an angle of 90 degrees. Features 36 durable, lightweight plastic pieces suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Includes: 5 squares with large hole, 13 squares with 4 small holes, 18 gears and 5 work cards with building ideas for inspiration.

3 years & up. Made from solid rubberwood, this beehive is buzzing with bee lacing activities with an emphasis on sequencing and strengthening fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. This Classic lacing activity inspires dramatic play as children lace the bees in different directions. Easy for little hands to grasp and developing essential and cognitive skills. Includes three bees on multi-colored strings with bead stoppers.

3 years & up. Enable little engineers to build magnificent structures with this set of IO Blocks®. The set's square, double-sided base blocks can form either 2D or 3D bases upon which children can design, build, and earn about STEM concepts such as engineering, physics, and math. The set also comes with small figurines (both people and cows!) that provide a dash of imaginative play for children to add to their creations.

6 years & up. Pack up endless imaginative adventures with the LEGO® Friends Creative Dollhouse Suitcase! This 355-piece building set lets children create and customize a portable dollhouse featuring eight detailed rooms, including bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, bathroom, garden, and pool. When playtime is over, the dollhouse folds into a convenient suitcase for fun on the go. Complete with LEGO® Friends characters Liann and Nova and a variety of home accessories, this engaging set encourages creative storytelling while building fine motor skills, problem-solving abilities, and social-emotional development through hands-on, screen-free play.

18 months & up. Little animal enthusiasts can learn while they play with the LEGO DUPLO My First Shape Sorter: Puppy House. This vibrant set includes large DUPLO bricks, perfect for small hands, allowing children to build puppy figures, trees, and a cozy house. Beyond imaginative play, it helps toddlers develop problem-solving skills by matching four different shapes through the corresponding holes in the doggy bowl lid. The dual-purpose design keeps kids engaged, transitioning from building puppy adventures to mastering shape-sorting challenges. The set includes 17 sensory pieces.

12 months & up. Ideal for imaginative play. Extra-chunky jumbo star connectors are easy to connect from any direction. Stack, build, connect, twist and snap the Jumbo Star Connectors together. The jumbo-size shapes are ideal for small hands. A great set for fine motor and manipulative areas and for the young architect who is just starting to build. Easy to clean and sanitize. Includes its own container for storage. Set contains 24 pieces in 5 different colors. Each piece measures 4.75" in diameter.

12 months and up. The Jumbo Hexagon Manipulative Set is the ideal early STEM toy! This set of 48 jumbo hexagon pieces feature knobs that can easily snap into place to form imaginative structures. Little ones will explore color and shape recognition, spatial relations and early engineering concepts. Sized perfectly for little hands, set comes inside of a stackable storage bin with locking lid. Pieces come in 6 bright colors; red, yellow, blue, green, orange, and purple. Hexagon pieces each measure 4" x 4".

3 years & up. Provide sensory motor stimulation and an opportunity to help children manage emotions, develop calming techniques for their mind and body, reduce anxiety and stressors. The items in the kit allow children to work and play independently and become resilient when met with a challenge. Includes hardback book, 1 sensory fidget stick, 2 glow sticks, Playfoam, 100 links, rainbow coil spring, 20 pop cubes, globe stress ball, and 2 poppers. Items may vary. The included book takes a look at different perspectives on giving and receiving hugs. It shows readers that there are different ways to think and react to every scenario. Styles and colors may vary.

2 years & up. This set of six Tongs are great for developing and refining fine motor skills. Children will learn how to control their hand muscles while they grasp, hold, move, and release items. These tongs help develop small hand muscles and finger strength that's needed for handwriting and cutting with scissors. Experimenting and playing with tongs encourage children to explore and investigate, while they develop motor skills and even build nerve connections in the brain. Tongs are 6" long.