Author: Sam Farmer

Funky Fingers Timetable

	Activity 1	Activity 2	Activity 3	Activity 4	Activity 5
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

Funky Fingers
Every day the children need to engage in activities that are going to help them
develop their gross and fine motor skills as well as their sense of balance, coordination and proprioception.
Each week the children will take part in variety of activities to support their fine and gross moto sills development.
Dough Gym
They stand up tall, backs straight and feet shoulder width apart. They are not to bend over thus using their shoulders and arms to support the dough. When the music starts the children begin with shoulder pivots and arm stretches utilising the biggest range of movement interspersed with wrist, hand and finger exercises.
They used the dough for resistance work: squashing it with a flat palm and straight arm, pinching small bits out of it.
This helps to develop arm muscles and pivots by lifting , as well as hand arches and finger picots by squeezing..

Funky Fingers
Every day the children need to engage in activities that are going to help them
develop their gross and fine motor skills as well as their sense of balance, coordination and proprioception.
Each week the children will take part in variety of activities to support their fine and gross moto sills development.
Tweezers
How many Pompoms can you move from the one pot to the other ?
This helps to develop the strength in fingers and a pincer grip.

Funky Fingers
Every day the children need to engage in activities that are going to help them
develop their gross and fine motor skills as well as their sense of balance, coordination and proprioception.
Each week the children will take part in variety of activities to support their fine and gross moto sills development.
Threading
How fast can you fill the pipe cleaner with the beads ?
This helps to develop the strength in fingers and a pincer grip.

Funky Fingers
Every day the children need to engage in activities that are going to help them
develop their gross and fine motor skills as well as their sense of balance, coordination and proprioception.
Each week the children will take part in variety of activities to support their fine and gross moto sills development.
Objects in rice
How many objects can you find and pick up using 3 fingers?
This helps to develop the strength in fingers and a tripod grip .

Funky Fingers
Every day the children need to engage in activities that are going to help them
develop their gross and fine motor skills as well as their sense of balance, coordination and proprioception.
Each week the children will take part in variety of activities to support their fine and gross moto sills development.
Zumba
Can you copy the Zumba routines in time with the music?
This helps to develop coordination, gross motor and crossing the midline.