A hands on project: developing fine motor skills, thinking skills and rethinking single use plastic water bottles

It was through Rudolf Steiner’s research on the connection between the brain,
thinking and the hands that I fell in love with his quote “All culture and art is created
by the hands.” I love this!

As an experienced early years educator I have observed over decades, young
children engaged in fine motor exploration and have come to truly believe their little
fingers are at work are like “10 Little Thinkers.”

Subsequently, it is through fine motor skills that our young learners develop their
cognitive abilities and is commonly known as “hands-on” learning. However, the development of fine motor skills is so much more than mastering the tripod pencil grip for writing, it is more about the expression of the child’s spirit, thoughts and ideas.

This Hands On Project is simply to fill the clear plastic bottle with different objects. As always consider your child’s age and development when setting up an invitation to play. Always arrange the materials in baskets and wooden bowls on a wooden tray as an invitation to play and to invite boundless curiosity and thinking.