Free Circle Fine Motor Mat Printables
Great free circle fine motor mats for kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten. They are great for working on the circle shape.
They also work great for Dot Day in September. You have five circle fine motor mats. You have circle template, circle tracing, circle dot marker, circle playdough mat, and circle q-tip printable.
These will make learning with circles loads of fun for kids.
The Circle Fine Motor Mat Printables are an excellent addition to the shape printables and fine motor printables on the site.
The Circle Fine Motor Mat Printables are part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the shape section on the subscriber freebie page.
What are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine motor skills involve using the small muscles in your hands and wrists to make precise movements.
This can be tearing paper, playdough, pencil control, or coloring with a crayon.
Circle Fine Motor Mat Printables
The circle fine motor mats are a fun way to work on fine motor skills with a circle shape theme. Kids will love all the different options you have plus you have other options to work on fine motor skills with kids!
You have a circle template, circle tracing, circle q-tip page, circle dot marker, and circle playdough mat.
Circle Template Printable
You have a circle template. It has a simple big circle in the middle of the page. It is excellent for coloring or a craft template. A fun circle idea for kids to do.
Circle Tracing Printable
You have two circle tracing pages. You have a page with a BIG circle to trace or a page with three sizes of circles to trace. A fun change to work on shapes and find motor tracing skills with kids.
Circle Q-Tip Printable
You have the big circle with a cotton swab or q-tip page for kids. the whole circle is filled with small circles that work great with q-tip. And is fun for a fine motor circle center.
Circle Dot Marker Printable
You have two circle dot marker pages. You have the circle filled with dots or the circle outlines with dots. Both pages work great with dot markers for kids.
Circle Playdough Mat Printable
You have a circle playdough mat. It has two circles for kids to use as a playdough mats. A simple circle playdough for kids.
Things to use with the Circle Fine Motor Printables
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- markers
- dot markers
- pencil
- pencil grip – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
- dot marker mini
- paint tray
- washable paints
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Circle Fine Motor Mats Printables
You are going to see ways to use the circle shape fine motor mats with kids. And you might have a few ideas for these as well.
Ways to Use the Circle Template Printable
you will see some way to use the circle template.
Coloring the Circle Template Page
The circle template makes a great coloring page. Kids can just color the circle. You can use markers, crayons, or even paints. It is a fun way to color inside the shape.
Make a Torn Paper Circle Craft
You can use the circle template to have kids make a torn paper craft and keep all the paper inside the circle. A fun way to get fine motor with tearing paper and working on a circle shape.
Paste Picture of Circles on the Circle
You could give kids pictures and have then cut out things that are circle shape and then glue them on a circle.
Ways to Use the Circle Tracing Printable
you are going to see a few ways to use the circle tracing page with kids.
Setting Up A Circle Tracing Center
Below you can see a simple set up for a circle tracing center. You can use either tracing page for this activity. You have the circle tracing page you want and a pencil.
If you have kids who struggle to hold a pencil try a shorter pencil or use a pencil grip.
Reusing the Circle Shape Tracing Pages
You can also reuse the circle shape tracing pages. You can put the page in a sheet protector or laminate the page. Then you can use dry erase markers on the circle to trace the shape over and over.
And you can use different colors of dry erase markers during the different seasons.
You have find more large shape tracing ideas to check out.
Using the Shape Tracing Pages as a Circle Playdough Mat
You can also use the shape tracing pages as a playdough mat as well. You can see below we have the page in a sheet protector and use different colors of playdough for the different sizes of shapes.
A great way to change up from just tracing the circle.
Ways to Use the Circle Dot Marker Printable
You will see a few ways we have used the circle dot marker pages.
Dot Marker the Circle Page
You can use a dot marker on either of the circle dot marker pages. You can do which works best for your kids. Just the outline might be great for some kids where the circle filled with dots might be better for someone else.
Reuse the Dot Marker the Circle Page
You can also reuse the dot marker circle page. We have used glass gems or clear counters to cover the dots on the circle. A great way to add fine motor skills with placing the circles.
Ways to Use the Circle Q-Tip Printable
You will see a few ways to use the circle cotton swab printable.
Paint with Q-tip on the Cotton Swab Circle Page
You can use washable paints and q-tips to dot the circles on the circle. The small circles work great for q-tip painting. And it is loads of fun for kids to paint as well. They can mix the colors on the circle or just one color to paint the circle.
Use Mini Dot Markers on the Circle Q-Tip Page
Now you can also use the dot marker mini on the cotton swab pages. They are the perfect size for the circles. You can see how we use them below on the circle. And these are so much fun!
Ways to Use the Circle Playdough Mat Printable
You are going to see a few ways to use the circle playoudgh mat.
Use the Circle Playdough Mat with Playdough
You are going to prepare the circle playdough mat by putting it in a sheet protector or laminating the page. Then you use playdough snakes to make the circle shape.
You can see we used green but you could use the colors of the season you are in as well.
Use the Circle Playdough Mat as a Circle Shape Tracing Page
You can also use the playdough mats as a tracing page. You prepare the circle playdough mat but use dry erase markers to trace between the lines the circles make.
You can check out more shape playdough mat ideas.
What you will find in the Free Circle Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 1 Circle Templates
- 1 Circle Playdough Mats
- 2 Circle Tracing Mats
- 1 Circle Q-Tip Mat
- 2 Circle Dot Marker Mats
- 7 pages
Shape Fine Motor Mats
Fun collection of all the shape fine motor mats. It will have at least 12 shapes that you can do with kids. Easy to use shape mats for the shape you are teaching.
What you will find in the Shape Fine Motor Mats
- 12 Shapes total when finished.
- Shape fine motor mats for kids with templates, tracing, dot markers, Q-tips, and playdough mats for each shape.
- Shapes: Circle, Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Oval, Rhombus, Star – more coming very soon: Heart, Crescent, Pentagon, Hexagon, Octagon
- 49 pages
- Price: $5
More Shape Printables for Kids
Shape Playdough Mats has several shape and fun way to build the shapes.
Shape Dot Marker Printables has 12 shapes for kids to dot and learn. It has the shape to do and each page has the shape name.
Circle Wreath Craft is a super fun wreath craft that you can make for dot day. And it would work great for a circle shape craft as well!
Romping & Roaring Circle Pack is great for kids to work on tracing, dotting and coloring circles with 9 pages of printables to check out.
Circle Wreath Craft with Scrapbook Paper is a fun circle wreath made with scrapbook paper with 3 sizes of circles. This is great for a circle shape craft or dot day!
Process Art Circle Painting has kids tracing circles and then coloring the circles. A fun shape activity you can do with kids.
Button Sensory Bin is perfect for shapes for circles. And loads of fun to play in. And kids love different sizes of the buttons.
Check out all the fun Shape Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
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