Free Shark Fine Motor Mats for Shark Week

We loved the shark fin fine motor mats. And this shark fine motor mat is another fun shark printable for kids.

You have the shark jumping out of the water with the mouth open and you can see the teeth!. A fun way to work on fine motor skills during Shark Week. And loads of fun with the different pages for kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten.

And these work great for craft templates as well as for Shark Week crafts.

Free Shark Fine Motor Mats - You have 4 fine motor mats to use with kids for shark week. You have a shark template, a shark tracing page, a shark q-tip page, and a shark dot marker page. A great preschool, prek, and kindergarten fine motor work. 3Dinosaurs.com

The Shark Fine Motor Mat Printables is a great addition to the shark printables and fine motor printables on the site.

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What are Fine Motor Skills?

Fine motor skills involve using the small muscles in your hands and wrists to make precise movements.

This can include tearing paper, playing with playdough, controlling a pencil, or coloring with a crayon.

Shark Fine Motor Mat Printables

The shark fine motor mats have a shark coming out of the water. The sharks mouth is open and you can see the sharks teeth. This make a fun fine motor mat for a shark theme or for Shark Week.

You have a shark template page, shark tracing page, a shark q-tip or cotton swab page, and a shark dot marker page. Each with the same shark but with all the different fine motor activities.

These are great for kids in preschool (ages 3 to 4), prek (ages 4 to 5), and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).

Shark Template Printable

You can see the shark template below. It has solid lines for the shark jumping out of the water. This is great for coloring, or using as a craft template for kids.

Shark Tracing Printable

You can see the shark tracing worksheet below. It has the same shark as the template but all the lines are tracing lines. It is a great way to work on find motor skills with tracing all the lines of the shark. And kids who don’t like prewriting lines might have a fun time tracing this shark.

Shark Q-Tip Printable

You can see the shark q-tip or cotton swab printable. It has the same shark as the template but there are small circles all over the shark for kids to dot with paint. A great fine motor center idea for kids.

Shark Dot Marker Printable

You can see the shark dot marker printable. It has the outline as the shark template but has dots all over the shark that are perfect for dot markers. This is great for a fine motor center for shark week.

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Shark Book for Kids

A great shark book for kids is Hello, World! Kids’ Guides: Exploring Sharks. You can learn all about sharks and how much fun they are.

You can find more shark books here.

Things to use with the Shark Fine Motor Printables

Ways to Use the Shark Fine Motor Mats Printables

You will see a few ways you can use the shark fine motor printables with kids.

Ways to Use the Shark Template Printable

You will see some ways to use the shark template page with kids.

Using the Shark Template at a Coloring Page

You can see how simple it is to make a shark template a coloring page. You will have kids who just love coloring with crayons.

You could also paint this page with watercolors or paint sticks.

Use the Shark template for a Shark Craft

You can also use the shark template for a shark craft. You could do a shark craft torn paper craft. You can cut out the shark shape and then trace on a piece of paper and then tear up paper to make the shark outline. Add water and eyes to complete the shark craft.

Ways to Use the Shark Tracing Printable

You are going to see some suggestion on how to use the shark tracing template with kids.

Setting Up a Tracing Center

You can set up a tracing center for kids with the shark. This is a great change from prewriting lines. You can use a pencil to trace the lines. You can also add a pencil grip for kids who struggle to hold the pencil.

Older kids might trace the shark in one sitting and younger kids might take longer to trace the shark. You have different lines with circles, triangles, and crescents on the shark.

Reuse the Shark Tracing Worksheet

You can also use the shark tracing worksheet in a fine motor center. You can put the page in a sheet protector and then use dry erase markers to trace the lines of the shark. You can then use the shark over and over in a tracing center. You could also laminate the page if you are going to use it a lot.

Ways to Use the Shark Dot Marker Printable

You will see some ways we use the shark dot marker worksheet.

Dot Marker the Shark Dot Maker Worksheet

You can do the simple activity of using a dot marker on the shark. You can see how simple it is to dot marker the shark. We use blue dot marker, black dot marker and a silver or gray color dot marker.

Make the Shark Dot Marker Page a Hands-On Activity

You can also use glass gems to make this a hands-on activity for kids. We use clear glass gems, black glass gems and blue glass gems to cover the circles on the shark.

This is a great fine motor to pick up and place all the glass gems on the shark.

Ways to Use the Shark Q-Tip Printable

You can see below how we used the shark q-tip page. It is great fine motor painting activity with q-tips or cotton swabs. Kids will dip the cotton swabs in the paint and then dot the shark. You can see how cool the shark looks when you are done.

What you will find in the Free Shark Fine Motor Mat Printables

1 Shark Templates
1 Shark Tracing Mats
1 Shark Q-Tip Mat
1 Shark Dot Marker Mats
4 pages of printables

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More Shark Printables for Kids

Shark Themed ABC and Number Wall Cards are great to display during the summer. They are great to see letter formation and number formation as well.

Shark Weekly Packs has five days of printables with 4 pages for each day. You have Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. The Summer No-Prep packs are great for summer review or fun shark week printables.

Sequencing: Shark Life Cycle is a great way to learn about the shark life cycle for kids. It has shark life cycle clip cards, shark life cycle easy reader book, shark life cycle writing and more.

Shark Bundle for Preschool and Kindergarten has fun printables in my store with a shark theme. These are great for kids to use during shark week.

Shark Color Pack works on learning 11 color words with clip cards, easy reader books tracing strips, worksheets and other color words. It is a fun activity you can do!

Check out all the fun Shark Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.