Fine Motor Journals: 3 Reasons You Don't Need Them and What to Do Instead
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Thank you your wise words about fine motor journals! I teach 3 year olds. My class is going from 3 days a week to 4 days a week this year. With the extra time I was considering fine motor journals. I realize the children’s time would be more valuable to experience with fine motor activities. Vanessa, I always treasure your words of wisdom!
Thank you! Good luck going from 3 to 4 days a week 😀
Thank you! I always enjoy your trainings and the Soar to Success Summit. Your last one on Executive Functioning Skills was so impactful. I still talk about it and use what I learned. It's so good to see you again. ❤
You are completely
" spot on " with early childhood development ! Thank you ! Thank you ! Thank you! Love all of your information !
Glad to know I'm not alone!
Thank you for your amazing work!❤
Thanks for this, I completely agree with you. I’m a new teacher in a school that follows state standards for 3K students and I was try to keep up to the standards while respecting kids’ levels. I was conflicted by what another teacher said around May because one of my students (3 years old) was using controlled scribbles and didn’t know all of the letters in her name yet (she had a long name, 8 letters) and they said by this time of year she should have had more growth by knowing all the letters in her name and come close to forming mock like letters.
And I was confused, thinking, ‘But she’s 3, and was 2 a few months ago?’ It made me feel like I was making my students fall because because of my inexperience and I didn’t say much but I felt that what my student was at was appropriate.
I’m doing my best to balance student differentiation with the state standards. It feels like what is expected of younger students are changing.
Just keep on doing what you know is right from a child development perspective - you've got this!
Hello, Vanessa--so good to see you! Your presentation was such an organized and effective description of your three important points. So grateful for your experience and advocacy for young children's best experiences.
I always love your reconfirming of why I do what I do in my in home preschool program. Thank you for your examples of what children really need and, for that matter, want, at that time in regards to fine motor development! . ❤
Glad it was helpful!
I have to agree and disagree. I don't use fine motor journals for printing practice. We make pictures with stickers, glue shapes that we've punched out with seasonal punchers, use dot markers and make pictures or connect the dots, practice cutting paper scraps and glue the pieces down, sometimes we will have their name or first letter of their name and they might dot it with paint dotters, use stickers to follow the line, or use manipulatives to follow the line. I feel like these types of activities are developmentally appropriate but they are just "housed" or "collected" in one place. Almost like a portfolio. I feel like my classroom is very developmentally appropriate with numerous authentic writing and fine motor opportunities and this is just one more way to incorporate fine motor into our day.
I agree 100%, Lisa.
We do NOT use FMJ to practice writing letters. It is not a workbook. It is a portfolio of their writing development. Oftentimes we will use it as a way to introduce a new tool (hole puncher, washi tape, etc) via the Mystery Box. The kids explore the new tool in their FMJ and then the tool is kept out to use whenever they want.
Wonderful! I love all of your videos and I always learn so much from you👏🏼❤️😍.
What are your thoughts on 4-year-olds having to sign in or write their names in a journal every day when they arrive in the classroom?
When I taught in a Head Start program that used the High Scope method, children signed-in each day. It wasn't about fine motor, it was more about understanding that print has meaning, and names are meaningful to young children. My nephew attended a High Scope preschool program and I watched him sign-in when he was 4, he viewed it as part of his morning routine after hanging up his coat and backpack. He had poor fine motor skills at the time and he just scribbled on the sign-in sheet. Afterwards I asked him what he wrote on the sheet, he just looked at me like I had lost my mind and said "My name! That's why it's called sign-in!" LOL! When I moved to public school it seemed impossible to do sign-in due to the large number of students in my classroom, but I did like the ritual aspect of it.
Kindergarten Teacher here! I completely agree with everything you have shared about fine motor and writing development. When students come to kindergarten, I really want them to know how to follow directions and listen. I want them to have experience with holding writing tools like crayons. In many states, being able to form letters legibly isn't a standard until kindergarten.
The students in my kindergarten class still need and do activities like playdough, legos, blocks, puzzles, beads, and more to work on fine motor development, which will promote handwriting. In a recent training I went to, I learned that handwriting continues to develop all the way through 9th grade. Children need that fine motor practice through play in order to lay a strong foundation for handwriting.
Love the philosophy and ideas in Already Ready!!
Would you recommend writing journals for 4-5 yr old children in a special education program?
I think it would depend on their IEP goals.
I will be teaching a late two's/early three's classroom. Is it appropriate to have a morning message? If so, what would it look like for this particular age group?
2 and 3 year-olds learn best through exploration and hands-on play. Offer lots of authentic opportunities for them to develop fine motor skills throughout your classroom, leave the morning message for children ages 4-5.
@@PreKPagesvideos Thank you for the advice and for all you do for early childhood education!
Can you do ideas on what to put on a sensory table that’s mess-free?
I think sensory bins and messes go hand-in-hand. Pom-Poms is one non-messy one that comes to mind. Here's a list of different fillers in case you need it: www.pre-kpages.com/non-food-sensory-bin-fillers-for-sensory-play-in-preschool/
@@PreKPagesvideos thank you! Will you be doing a video on start of the new school year? Happy to have you back too 🤗
@@ivancalara717 Here's one you may find helpful: ruclips.net/video/3L4OroWu8QE/видео.htmlsi=MrqoiNvbvHs2jZND
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I just finished treatment for breast cancer. Life is short, if I want to use a filter then I will. I also have 0 patience for rude comments.
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I was wondering if you were ok? I will be praying for you ❤
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