Focus and Fine Motor Skills in Preschool

3rd October 2025
Nursery

This week in Bumblebees preschool class, we have been focusing on developing fine motor skills through a hands-on activity. The children have been using tweezers to place red and green pom-poms onto the coloured tubes representing ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’ Great work!

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