Free Kite Fine Motor Mat
Kites are a great spring theme for kids. Kites are a fun theme that kids will love.
These free kite fine motor printables are great for kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten.
You can decorate, dot, paint and trace the kite in these easy to use fine motor mats. And they work great in fine motor centers for spring.
The Kite Fine Motor Mat Printables is a great addition to the spring printables and fine motor printables on the site.
The Kite 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 spring 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.
Kite Fine Motor Mat Printables
The kite fine motor mats has four different fine motor mats to use with kids. You have three kite fine motor templates, two kite tracing printables, one kite q-tip printable and one kite dot marker printable.
You have several fine motor mats to pick the mat to works best for you. And you have fine ways you can use these in fine motor centers with kids.
You can use theme for kids in preschool (ages 3-4), prek (ages 4-5), and kindergarten (ages 5-6).
Kite Template Printable
You have three kite template printables. You have a template with the shapes of the kite, and two kites with lines on it. These are great for coloring or templates for crafts.
Kite Tracing Printable
The kite tracing printable is similar to the templates but it has all the lines dotted for kids to trace. It makes a great fine motor tracing activity and you can use the kite that words best for kids skill levels.
Kite Q-Tip Printable
You have a kid cotton swab printable mat. It has the kite and string filled with small circles you can use cotton swabs to paint. A great fine motor dot activity for kids.
Kite Dot Marker Printable
The last kite fine motor mate is a kite dot marker page. It has large dot that match the size and shape of dot markers. You can use these in fine motor centers with dot markers or other small hands-on items.
Kite Books to Read with the Kite Fine Motor Pages
Here are a few fun kite books you could read with the kite fine motor printables.
Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Story is a story about building a kite and what happens to the kite.
Biscuit Flies a Kite is a great early reader book about kites. And the Biscuit books are fun to read.
The Berenstain Bears: We Like Kites is about a windy day that is just perfect for flying a kite.
Things to use with the Kite Fine Motor Printables
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- dot marker
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
- mini dot markers
- paint tray
- washable paints
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Kite Fine Motor Mats Printables
You will see a few ways to use the kite fine motor mats. And remember you might have other ways to use these in fine motor centers as well.
Ways to Use the Kite Template Printable
You will see some suggestion for the kite template page.
Color the Kite with Crayons
Each of the kite template pages are great coloring pages. You can use crayons, markers, or colored pencils to color the the kite.
It is an easy way to see how kids will color their own kite.
Make a Torn Paper Kite
You can use the kite template as a base for a craft. You can make a torn paper kite craft with kids. You can tear up the construction paper and a glue stick
it in the kite to decorate the kite. Tearing paper is a great fine motor skill for kids.
Ways to Use the Kite Tracing Printable
You can see a few suggestion for the kite tracing pages.
Setting Up a Fine Motor Tracing Center
These do work great for a prewriting printable as well with a fun change from just tracing lines. You can give kids a pencil and let them trace all the lines on the kite. You could trace one with pencil and then use a crayon or maker after that.
If you have someone who has a hard time holding a pencil give them a pencil grip to help.
Trace with Oil Pastels & Watercolor Paint
Another great ideas would be to printable the kite on cardstock or a heavy paper. Then use oil pastels to trace all the lines on the kite.
Finally use watercolors to paint the kite. It makes a great mixed art project for kids.
Reuse the Kite Tracing Worksheet
The kite tracing pages are great to reuse. You can see how easy it is to put the page in a sheet protector or laminate it.
Then you use dry erase markers to trace the lines. You can use colored markers to make it fun for spring.
Ways to Use the Kite Dot Marker Printable
Here are a fun few ways to use the kite dot marker printables.
Use Dot Markers on the Kite
Okay yes the most basic way to use the kite dot marker pages is with a dot marker. And yes these are fun to include because a lot of kids love dot marker.
Let them pick their favorite dot marker colors to dot the kite.
Use Stickers on the Kite Dot Marker
Another fun way to use the dot marker printables is to use circle stickers on the circles. They can stick the stickers on the circles and is great for fine motor. And there are always lot of colors.
Reuse the Kite Dot Marker Printable
You can also re use the kite dot marker page by putting Clear counters
clear counters or glass gems on the circles. You can use one color or a mix of colors.
You can then use the page over and over. And it will be loads of fun for kids to do.
Ways to Use the Kite Cotton Swab Mat Printable
Here are a few fun ways to use kite q-tip page.
Make a Painting Center with the Kite Q-tip Pages
Painting with q-tips is always a great fine motor center. You can give them washable paints in a paint tray with several cotton swabs.
They let them have fun just painting to dots. It is fun to watch the colors appear on the small circles.
Use Mini Dot Markers on the Kite
Another great ideas is to use mini dot markers on the kite. They have several different colors.
And they work great for dotting the small circles. And kids who love dot markers will love the smaller ones as well.
What you will find in the Free Kite Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 3 Kite Templates
- 2 Kite Tracing Mats
- 1 Kite Q-Tip Mat
- 1 Kite Dot Marker Mats
- 7 pages
Spring Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 11 fun spring fine motor mats together in a fun bundle.
What you will find in the Spring Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 11 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker, q-tip and playdough mats.
- Spring Fine Motor Mats: Baseball, Earth, Easter Egg, Ladybug, Rainbow, Raindrop, Tree, Tulip, Dinosaur Egg, Kite, Cherry Blossom
- 52 pages
- Price: $4
More Spring Fine Motor Printables for Kids
Raindrop Fine Motor Mat Printables has raindrop template to color, raindrop to trace, raindrop playdough mat and a dot marker raindrop, all great for spring fine motor centers. This would also work great for a weather theme for kids.
Spring Activities Pack has a collection of prewriting, ABCs, numbers and shapes in a no-prep and hands-on activities. These spring packs are great for preschool, prek, and kindergarten. It has a mix of no-prep pages, tracing strips, easy reader books, and clip cards.
Spring Theme Prewriting Printable is fun and easy with two different types of lines. You have 14 pages of spring prewriting printables for kids to use in preschool and PreK.
Spring Dot Marker Printables are loads of fun with tree and flower themes. These are great fine motor work for spring. They are great in preschool, prek and kindergarten.
Check out all the fun Spring Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com