Free Earth Fine Motor Mats For Kids
Earth are a great theme for Earth Day or learing about the Earth. The free Earth Fine motor Mat Printables are a great way to add in some fine motor work during Earth day.
You can use the Earth for crafts, fine motor mat centers, and more. And you can use the mats that work best for you. And kids will have a blast.
You will find 3 Earth fine motor mats: Earth tracing, Earth template mat, and Earth q-tip.
The Earth Fine Motor Mat Printables are a great addition to the Earth Day printables on the site.
The Earth Fine Motor Mat Printables are part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the raindrop section on the subscriber freebie page.
What are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine motor skills involve using the small muscles in your hands and wrists to make precise movements.
This can be tearing paper, playdough, pencil control, or coloring with a crayon.
Earth Fine Motor Mat Printables
The Earth fine motor mats are a great way to work on a few fine motor skills for Earth day or learning about the planet Earth. There are three Earth fine motor mats. You have an Earth template printable, Earth Tracing printable, and Earth q-tip printable.
Earth Template Printable
The Earth template mat is great for a coloring page, a labeling page, a torn paper craft page and more.
Earth Tracing Printable
The Earth tracing printable is great for working on fine motor tracing skills. You get the trace the circle of the earth and then trace the land and contents on the Earth.
Earth Q-Tip Printable
The Earth q-tip printable is great for working on fine motor skills of dotting each of the small circles on the Earth.
Things to use with the Earth Fine Motor Printables
- Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- mini dot markers
- paint tray
- washable paints
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Earth Fine Motor Mats Printables
You will see several ways to use the Earht FIne motor mats with kids below. And remember, these are just a few fine motor ideas. And kids might have more they can suggest.
Ways to Use the Earth Template Printable
These are some fun suggestions for the Earth Template. And some ideas for kids of different ages.
Color the Earth Printable
You can use this fun Earth page as a coloring page for kids. You can color the Earth in blue and green, or for older kids, you can have them color the Earth in more colors.
For the older kids, look up a picture of the planet Earth and have them color the Earth to make the picture.
Use the Earth Template Printable As A Playdough Mat
You can also use the Earth template as a playdough mat. You can give kids blue and green playdough to fill in the land and the sea. It is a great fine motor activity.
Make a Torn Paper Earth
You can use the Earth template and make a torn paper planet Earth. It is super simple to do and fun for kids. And tearing the paper works great on fine motor skills. construction paper works great for this craft. You can give them green and blue paper to tear.
Finger Paint the Earth
You can also use finger paints and finger paint the Earth for younger kids. This is a great way to use it for tot and preschool age kids. You can give them green and blue colors.
Ways to Use the Earth Tracing Printable
You will see a few ways to use the Earth Tracing Printable with kids.
Pencil Help with Tracing the Earth
If you have kids that need help holding a pencil then a pencil grip is a great way to help kids. It helps them hold the pencil better. And it works on the smaller fine line markers as well.
Trace the Earth with Markers
You can use a blue and green fine line marker to trace the earth. You can trace the land in green and the ocean areas in blue. You could color in the world after you trace it or leave it this way.
Reuse the Trace the Earth Printable
You can reuse the tracing Earth in a fine motor center. You can print on cardstock and laminate or put in a sheet protector.
Then use dry erase markers to trace the lines. We used green and blue for our lines.
Ways to Use the Earth Q-Tip Printable
You will see two ways to use the q-tip Earth printable.
Paint with Cotton Swab on the Earth
You can use cotton swabs with blue and green paint for kids to paint the Earth. It is a great fine motor activity that kids can do.
Just drip one end of the cotton swab in paint and dot paint the Earth with the Q-tip.
Dot the Earth with Mini Dot Markers
The mini dot markers work perfect for the q-tip printables. They are fun to use as well. You can dot the land green and the ocean blue.
What you will find in the Free Earth Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 1 Earth Templates
- 1 Earth Tracing Mats
- 1 Earth Q-Tip Mat
- 3 pages
Spring Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 9 fun spring fine motor mats together in a fun bundle.
What you will find in the Spring Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 9 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker, q-tip and playdough mats.
- Spring Fine Motor Mats: Baseball, Earth, Easter Egg, Ladybug, Rainbow, Raindrop, Tree, Tulip, dinosaur egg,
- 44 pages
- Price: $4
More Earth Day Printables for Kids
Earth Day No-Prep Weekly Packs are great no-prep printable packs for Earth Day. They have 5 days of printables with 4 pages for each day. You will find packs for prek, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade.
Earth Day Themed Dot the Number Count the Number has three fun themes: Recycle, Earth & Tree. You can work on numbers 0 to 20 with this set! These are a great earth day printables for prek and kindergarten.
Earth Day Playdough Mats have 8 different mats for you to choose from. You can build the earth or make the oceans in this fun Earth Day playdough printables.
Earth Day Themed Gross Motor Dice has 6 fun Earth Day themes for kids to do gross motor with.
Earth Day Themed Bookmarks has 3 pages of bookmarks with 12 total bookmarks. You can use these are fun to use during Earth Day.
Check out all the fun Earth Day Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
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