NEW! Learn, Move, CRAFT! Ages 4-6

New! Learn, Move, CRAFT!

Fine Motor Hour for All!

Ages 4-6

Do you have a child who is Preschool or Kindergarten-aged? With the amount of writing done in Kindergarten today, it is necessary for your child to enter school with strong fine motor skills so that written expression is not delayed. So, find a group of friends or neighbors, and call today to book a Learn! Move! Craft! group session or even an individual session for your child(s) with Shelly, a Kindergarten teacher!

Craft: Making crafts practices and increases the following skills that are Pre-Reading/Reading, Pre-Writing/Writing, and Math skills:

  1. Oral Listening Skills (used for reading comprehension as well)
  2. Following Multiple-Step Directions to a conclusion in a timely manner, which also increases time on task.
  3. Sequencing Words and Concepts such as: first, next, then, after that, last, finally
  4. Basic Concepts and Placement Words such as: top, middle, bottom, center, left, right, above, below, under, on, next to, beside, inside, outside
  5. Basic Concepts and Sizing Words such as: Large, medium, small, larger than, smaller than, long, short, wide, narrow
  6. Shape Recognition
  7. Counting and 1-1 correspondence
  8. Color Recognition
  9. Fine Motor Skills: Tracing, Cutting, Folding, Drawing, Coloring, Pencil Grip, Manipulation of the Object in the Hand, etc. Please see our web site for more information Fine Motor Skills Tutoring.
  10. Eye-Hand Coordination
  11. Part-to-Whole Concept

Movement: Movement activities not only give us sensory input and breaks, but they also practice gross motor skills, which are the basis for fine motor skills:

  1. Movement activities will be theme-related with our craft and learning for the day.
  2. Movement and Crafting will help us strengthen the following: shoulder stability, wrist stability, hand strength (hand muscles and hand arch), open web space, sense of touch/somatosensory perception, finger thumb isolation and opposition, and pencil grasps: pincer and tripod.

Learn: A short period of time will be devoted to learning about the item we are making for our craft.

  1. The purpose of this is to help children learn and practice the metacognitive thinking strategy of making connections by using the method of a theme for the day.
  2. Many crafts and related instruction will be part of the Social Sciences as well as possibly Reading/ELA and Math.

Book With Us Today:

  1. Gather a group of friends, cousins, and neighbors between the ages of 4-6 to participate in a Learn! Move! Craft! event in your home.
  2. Contact Learning Tower today to schedule a date and time for your crafting event with Shelly, and choose a craft theme.
  3. The Learn! Move! Craft! Event lasts for 1 hour.
  4. The cost for the event and materials is $15/child, with a minimum of $50 for the hour.
  5. Materials: glue sticks, pencils, and child sharp-point scissors are not included. Please be sure to provide one of each for every child attending.
  6. Materials: Crayons and washable markers are not provided.  Please be sure to have some of each present for the children to share throughout the event.