Strengthen Those Little Fingers

There are many activities that require strong little fingers and there are many ways to help your child strengthen their fingers.

Let your child play with a baster or an eye dropper in the bathtub or in a plastic kiddie pool to squeeze water in and then squeeze water out. Your child could also transfer water from one container to another outside. 

If you can stand the mess, you could let your child do something you would normally not allow and let them use their different fingers, one at a time, to smash blueberries or green peas....thumb, pointer, middle finger or tall man, ring finger, pinkie. 

Another fun strengthening activity is to give your child a clothespin or a pair of tongs to use to transfer pom pons or cotton balls from one container to another. If you have a variety of colors, you could even add sorting into this activity.

                                                      

                                            

Singing songs or rhymes that have finger movements like "Where is Thumb Man?" or "Five Little Pumpkins" are also great for strengthening, counting, and dexterity. You can make up finger movements for any rhymes you know and your children will think it is fun and it will help them remember them.