Fine Motor Journals

About this resource

Fine motor journals for preschool and kindergarten, one for every month from September to August, in one binder. 155 pages. Each monthly journal has a cover with the child's name line, three tracing pages, three cutting pages, two dot-marker pages, two drawing pages and a one-page progress check with a graph. Every student page has a My name line, one short instruction with a picture, and big shapes to trace, cut, dot and draw, with room to work.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (155 pages)

• 12 monthly journals of 12 pages each = 144 pages: 12 journal covers, 36 tracing and prewriting pages, 36 cutting pages, 24 dot-marker pages, 24 drawing pages, 12 progress checks.
• 36 cutting pages hold 262 cards (6 to 12 on a page). Every cutting page is a grid of cards that touch edge to edge, so the first cuts are straight lines between cards.
• 10 front pages: a binder cover, terms of use, two contents pages, Start Here (three steps, the twelve journals, what you need), a four-week plan and a year plan, a progress tracker for all twelve months, a filled-in example for an invented child, a family update, and a page of words to use while working.
• 1 back page with three next products in this collection.

A JOURNAL FOR EVERY MONTH (pages)

1. September (11-22): apple

2. October (23-34): pumpkin

3. November (35-46): leaf

4. December (47-58): winter hat

5. January (59-70): snowman

6. February (71-82): heart

7. March (83-94): kite

8. April (95-106): umbrella

9. May (107-118): flower

10. June (119-130): sun

11. July (131-142): star

12. August (143-154): ice cream

Every month has its own picture, drawn for this file, and its own cutting skill and tracing strokes. The cutting climbs through the year: short snips in September, fringe, long lines, corners and steps, zigzags, waves, curves, rainbows, circles, spirals, then whole shapes on dotted lines in July and August. The tracing climbs from straight lines to circles, crosses and squares, zigzags, waves and curves, then loops.

How To Use It: A Four-Week Journal

• Week 1, trace: read the cover together and trace the first page side by side.
• Week 2, cut: cut the first card together, then the child cuts the rest.
• Week 3, dot: the picture, then the pattern.
• Week 4, draw and check: the two drawing pages, then the progress check. Copy the best score to the tracker.

Ten minutes a page works in a classroom, a fine motor center, a small group, one-to-one time or at home. Start in any month and print any page again.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

This is a set of practice pages with a weekly check. It is a PDF: print it. The journal pages are made to be printed and worked on; the name lines, tracker, check pages and notes can also be typed into. It is not a curriculum, not a test, not therapy or a treatment plan, and not Google Slides, Google Docs or PowerPoint. The progress checks carry no benchmark score; your team decides what counts as secure. For how to hold a pencil or scissors, or for a child who finds this hard, ask your school OT or your district. The example child is invented. No clip art: every line and picture is drawn for this file, and no picture has a word on it.

Who This Is For

Preschool and kindergarten teachers, early childhood special education teachers, paraprofessionals, tutors, homeschool families and anyone who runs a fine motor center and wants a year of tracing, cutting, dot-marker and drawing pages in one binder.

More From This Collection

Cutting Practice Scissor Skills Worksheets goes with the same young learners. OT Fine Motor and Sensory Progress Monitoring Data Sheets and Handwriting Fluency Progress Monitoring Probes are for teams that keep records.