Free Shell Fine Motor Mat Printables
The Shell Fine Motor Mat Printables is a fun beach motor mat printable. They are great for coloring, dotting and tracing with a shell theme.
The free shell mats work great in a beach fine motor center.
You have three types of shell fine mats to use. You have shell template printables, a shell tracing printable, and a shell dot marker printable.
The Shell Fine Motor Mat Printables is a great addition to the beach printables on the site.
The Shell 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 beach 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.
Shell Fine Motor Mat Printables
You have a shell for the shell fine motor mats. You have three shell fine motor printables. You have shell template printables, shell tracing printables, and the shell dot marker printable.
These work great for crafts, and fine motor centers for kids.
Shell Template Printable
You have two shell templates. You have a shell with lines template and a shell outline printable that you can use for kids with coloring, torn paper, or template for a craft. And the two shell templates lets you pick which one would work best.
Shell Tracing Printable
You have a shell tracing printable. This is great for fine motor pencil control while tracing
Shell Dot Marker Printable
The shell dot marker printable has the shell filled with cirlces that you can use dot markers or other hands-on items to fill the circles.
Things to use with the Shell Fine Motor Printables
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- dot marker
- coral dot marker color
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
Ways to Use the Shell Fine Motor Mats Printables
You will see a few ideas for each of the shell fine motor mats. And these are just ideas to help get your started with fine motor centers with the shell fine motor mats.
Ways to Use the Shell Template Printable
You will see a few ideas for use the shell template.
Color the Shell Template Printable
You can start by coloring the shell printable with crayons or markers. You could use whatever works best for your kids. You can let them decide the color and just how much they want to color of the shell.
Finger Paint the Shell
You can also use finger paints and finger paint the shell for younger kids. The shell fine motor template is a great way to use it for tot and preschool-age kids.
If you don’t like fingerprinting, use a clothespin and a cotton ball to paint the shell. You could also use a big brush as well.
Make A Torn Paper Shell Craft
You can make a great torn paper shell craft with kids. You can use any color of construction paper for the shell that kids want. This is great for building fine motor for kids.
Ways to Use the Shell Tracing Printable
You can see some tracing ideas for the shell tracing printable.
Tracing the Shell with a Pencil
You can see below the shell tracing mat. And a great fine motor tool to use with it is the pencil grip. This is great for kids who have problems holding the pencil.
Then you trace the shell. You could also use markers or crayons.
Reuse the Shell Tracing Printable
You can reuse the shell tracing printable by pitting it in a sheet protector or laminating it. Then you can use dry erase markers to trace the shell over and over.
Ways to Use the Shell Dot Marker Printable
You will see a few ideas to use the shell dot marker printable with kids.
Using a Dot Marker on the Shell Dot Marker Printable
You can use a dot marker and just dot marker the shell. This is great for work on fine motor skill to get the dot in each of the circles.
Using Glass Gems on the Shell Dot Marker Printable
You could also start off first using small items on the shell dot marker printable. You can see below we use a set of glass gems.
You can place each of the glass gems on the circles for a great fine motor center for a beach theme.
What you will find in the Free Shell Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 2 Shell Templates
- 1 Shell Tracing Mats
- 1 Shell Dot Marker Mats
- 4 pages
Summer Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 7 fun summer fine motor mats together in a fun bundle. Easy to use and great to use all season.
What you will find in the Summer Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 7 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker q-tip and playdough mats.
- Summer Fine Motor Mats: Fish, Fireworks Ice Cream, Shark, Shell, Sun, Turtle
- 28 pages
- Price: $4
More Shell Printables and Activities for Kids
Shell Number Color & Trace with numbers 1 to 10 with coloring and tracing number words and number digit. A great no-prep beach number printable.
Kids can have loads of fun with the Beach Themed Gross Motor Dice. It has six fun movements that are great for kids in prek and kindergarten but can also work with older kids.
Beach Wreath Craft for Kids is a fun wreath with shells around it for a fun beach theme that kids will love to make.
Beach Activity Pack is a great pack with loads of prewriting, ABCs, number, and shape activities for kids all with a beach and shell theme that work great together!
Beach No-Prep Weekly Packs has 6 grade levels of printables with Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth grade. You have 5 days of printables with 4 pages for each day.
Shell Number Dot Marker & Counting has numbers from 0 to 20 with dot marker numbers and counting the dots on the shell. This shell number printable comes in color and black and white.
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