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Fine Motor Skills: Clothespin Dinosaurs

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

A really great way for kids to practice fine motor skills is with clothespins. They are a bit challenging for little ones with knowing how to open them. Before doing this activity, you’ll need to teach your child how to put their thumb and index finger on the clothespin and to squeeze together to open the clothespin. It took some practice for us.  Clothespin I created a number activity to go along with our dinosaur theme this week. In this Dinosaur Clothespin PDF, there are 10 colored stegosauruses. To prepare this activity, print the PDF and cut the stegosauruses out. Then write a number on each dinosaur (1-10). Next, number clothespins.

Clothespin Dinosaurs- Working on Fine Motor Skills

The goal of this game is to have your child match the clothespin to the numbered stegosaurus.

Clothespin Activity

Dino Cards Another variation of this activity is to put the number of clothespins on the stegosaurus that matches the number. Example: 3 clothespins on the stegosaurus that has the number 3.

Dinosaurs This was wonderful practice for Troy and we’ll continue doing this activity until he builds up more strength in his fingers to work the clothespins with ease.

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  1. Susan says

    November 20, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    I see this is an older post but I wanted to thank you. This perfectly addresses two different “problems” and my son is loving the dinosaur game!

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  2. The Iowa Farmer's Wife says

    April 9, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    Aww cute idea! Thanks for sharing on the Sunday Showcase! We LOVE dinosaurs!

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    • Teaching Mama says

      April 11, 2013 at 3:25 am

      Thanks!! We love dinosaurs, too!!

      Reply
  3. Pinkoddy says

    April 7, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    Thank you SO much for this. I am positive this is going to help with teaching my near 4 year old numbers, as he LOVES dinosaurs, and is a visual learner. Have pinned it. Thank you again.

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  4. Gail @http://biblelovenotes.com says

    April 4, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    These look fun and educational, and since my grandsons love dinosaurs, I think I need to bookmark this. Thanks for sharing it.

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    • Teaching Mama says

      April 5, 2013 at 3:29 am

      Great! I love to hear that!

      Reply
  5. Caroline says

    April 4, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    I like the additional activity adding all the clothespins to that number (like when you did three clothespins on the number 3 card). That helps reinforce correct counting, too!

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    • Teaching Mama says

      April 5, 2013 at 3:29 am

      Thanks, Caroline! yes- it’s good for practicing counting, too!

      Reply
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