Fine Motor Skills Activities

Fine motor skills involve the small muscles of the body that enable such functions as writing, grasping small objects, and fastening clothing. They involve strength, fine motor control and dexterity. At LemonTree, we provide children many opportunities to exercise and to build up their find motor skills.

Build a Rainbow Structure

lacing cards

lacing cards

buttons sorting

beading with buttons

beading with buttons

learn to use chopsticks

learn to use chopsticks

learn to use chopsticks

create sound balloons

create sound balloons

Math and literacy activities in May 2013

Chinese Class

counting game

counting game

peggy  board: learn points, lines and shapes

peggy  board: learn points, lines and shapes

show me your dance

build a pattern

build a pattern

spelling

opposites

Learning opposites is a fun activity to promote children's cognitive skills. Our teacher made a big manipulative board for our children to feel and touch opposites, such as up and down, dry and wet, big and small, fast and slow, on and off, push and pull, day and night...

Space and planets

There are so many things to do with space and planets. We explore different planets in the solar system and learned the cool outfit of astronauts. We made our own planets puppets and told stories about them. And of course, there are so many songs about planets and space on youtube.

flannel board learning ---- space and plantes

cool outfit

astronauts

solar system on a flannel board

sensory box: meteor and moon sand

floor puzzle --- solar system

planets puppets

planets puppets

solar system collage

Science Fair : The power of magnets

This was a science project I designed with my team members in a class of Early Childhood Education (ECE). The purpose of this science fair is to

• Experiment with magnets and various objects. Classify which items are attracted, and which are not. Analyze the material each object is made of.

Materials we prepared to do this experiment include bar magnet, horseshoe magnet, wooden toothpick, penny, jewelry, plastic cup, paper clips, thread, rubber band, elastic hair bands, tin can, glass, aluminum foil, crayon, nail, paper, school scissors, tacks, staples,etc. 

This is good way to teach children how to use scientific approach to observe and solve problems. The children in our school got chance to do experiment, make hypothesis, record observations and make conclusions by themselves. 

Play with magnets

individual experiment tray

individual experiment tray

I got them all

record my observation

experimenting

Read a book about magnetism

Experimenting

 

Math and Literacy Acticities in April 2013

We do math and literacy activities on a daily basis. Our children learn through games and interactions, not repetitive drill by the teacher. We believe playing is the right way and only way for young children to learn.

Circles and sizes

letters

shapes and colors

circles and songs and drawing

addition with KIX

manupulatives

shapes for younger ones

make a story

Chinese

Pipeline constuction

numbers

counting game

counting game

counting game for younger ones

Counting game for younger ones

building patterns

constructing letters and numbers

constructing letters and numbers

constructing letters and numbers

comparison and measurement

conparison

sequencing