Category:Opening and Closing Clothespins

OPENING AND CLOSING OF CLOTHES PINS

This activity:
 * Ages 3 and up
 * Fine motor control
 * Concentration
 * Muscular development
 * Coordination
 * Control of movement

You will need:
 * clothes pins
 * bowl

Show the child how to squeeze the clothes pins between the thumb and forefinger and rest it on the side of the bowl. This is important step for fine motor control and helps build the muscles in the fingers. Sit on the child's dominant side. Put the clothes pins on in order all the way around the bowl. Take the clothes pins off beginning with the last and going tot he first, dropping the clothes pins back into the bowl gently.