Activities involving the use of fingers play a critical role in the overall development of fine motor skills. Learning these skills will help a child increase the dexterity of his hands and fingers. Not only will this help the child carry out routine daily tasks with ease and speed, but also help him develop a good handwriting.
In this ClipBook, we present a set of five activities designed by Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford Graduate School of Education. You'll also find a few novel activities that require the use of fingers and learn about the importance of the development of finger skills in young children. The ClipBook also features a TedTalk by Jo Boaler, the creator of the finger activities, wherein she tells us about how learning maths can be a rewarding experience for both children and adults.
There are so many ways in which you can help your child develop his finger skills. This PDF by Stanford University demonstrates five such activities.
Here's a simple activity to support the development of finger perception in young children. Watch how the child identifies the finger on the hand drawn on the chart based on his sensation of touch.
At age three, your child is developing both the muscular control and the concentration she needs to master many precision finger and hand movements. You’ll notice that now she can move each of her fingers independently or together, which means tha...
Finger painting can be started a lot younger than you may think. Even little babies can join in the fun as it makes a great tummy time activity! There are many good reasons to for you and your little ones to explore this fabulous, messy, art exper...
You have probably heard people say they are just bad at math, or perhaps you yourself feel like you are not “a math person.” Not so, says Stanford mathematics education professor Jo Boaler, who shares the brain research showing that with the right...
