22 fine motor skills activities
All children will develop their fine motor skills at different paces, but there are plenty […]
Read moreCampbell’s soup
What you need
- An item of food/drink in your house
- Pencils
- Paper
Benefits
- Drawing develops children’s fine motor skills; the movement of their hands, wrists and fingers.
- It encourages visual analysis and helps children develop their hand-eye coordination.
- It can also help children develop their concentration (giving you ten minutes to send that email).
The experience
It’s likely that you may not have a tin of Campbell’s soup in your home, so you get to pick something different. Maybe a tin of beans, a ketchup bottle, a coffee jar?
You can then explore:
- What colours can we see?
- What size is it?
- What shapes can we see?
- What letters can we see on the label?
Then get creative in copying the item onto paper, adaptations are fine and a change in colour is ideal – you can create your own version of Warhol’s famous pop art!