You can start with simple cardboard and paper plate looms, and eventually add pre-made looms to your collection. You can also explore various materials starting with paper or yarn, then moving into the addition of fabrics, beads, and other textiles.
What are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine Motor Skills are the group of skills needed to manipulate small objects with the hands and fingers, most often: the pincer grip. It involves using the small muscles in the hands and includes activities such as grasping, pinching objects between the fingertips and holding a pencil. From birth to eight years children are continuously developing and refining their motor skills and using them in an increasing variety of tasks.
So, why weaving?
Most often promoted for developing fine motor skills, there is much more to this simple activity than merely threading yarn. This fun and inexpensive activity help to develop:
There are really no right or wrong ways to weave. It was fun to come up with different colour combinations and try out different types of paper, string, and yarn. Bottom line - Weaving is FUN! It’s a great way to develop valuable skills and, just like most art, it’s good for the soul!
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