{"id":11865,"date":"2023-02-08T11:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/?post_type=talk_post&#038;p=11865"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:57:47","slug":"get-funky-with-fine-motor-development","status":"publish","type":"talk_post","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/talk-post\/get-funky-with-fine-motor-development\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Get Funky with Fine Motor Development<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Children have the world at their fingertips (literally!!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As early childhood educators, you know that fine motor skills are essential to living and learning! Whether it is self-care tasks such as eating independently, handling utensils, and using scissors or it is pre-writing skills such as small movements for colouring, scribbling, and drawing &#8211; they are all built on the foundation of fine motor skills.<br><br>Tune into this session with Montessori educator Stacey Band as she nudges you to think about how you can intentionally foster fine motor development in your setting. Focus on the developmental milestones, create opportunities that allow for exploration, and walk away with strategies and tips to overcome challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group learnings has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff6f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-objectives\"><strong>Key Objectives:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore hands-on ideas to establish concentration, coordination, and independence&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn how to observe children and document next steps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor the seven areas of concern and how to document them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children have the world at their fingertips (literally!!) As early childhood educators, you know that fine motor skills are essential to living and learning! Whether it is self-care tasks such as eating independently, handling utensils, and using scissors or it is pre-writing skills such as small movements for colouring, scribbling, and drawing &#8211; they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":11866,"menu_order":0,"template":"talk\/talk-post-container.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"categories":[299,296,662],"tags":[405,319],"region":[],"event_type":[],"coauthors":[423],"class_list":["post-11865","talk_post","type-talk_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-early-years","category-inquiry-based-learning","category-play-based-learning","tag-early-years","tag-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get Funky with Fine Motor Development - Toddle Learn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Equip yourself with strategies for fine motor development in the Early Years and promote learning through play.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get Funky with Fine Motor Development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Equip yourself with strategies for fine motor development in the Early Years and promote learning through play.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/talk-post\/get-funky-with-fine-motor-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Toddle Learn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T07:57:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Learn-thumbnail.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1968\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1476\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Stacey Band\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toddleapp.com\\\/learn\\\/talk-post\\\/get-funky-with-fine-motor-development\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toddleapp.com\\\/learn\\\/talk-post\\\/get-funky-with-fine-motor-development\\\/\",\"name\":\"Get Funky with Fine Motor Development - 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