Another fun pre-writing and number awareness activity is a good ol' "Dot to Dot" worksheet. You can probably find a whole book of these at your local dollar store, but you can also consider personalizing a few for your child. It's as simple as drawing some dots in a creative shape and adding numbers.
This activity offers more practice drawing straight and curved lines (depending on your pictures and your child's interpretation of it). Counting and number recognition are also skills that will be utilized in this activity. In addition, it is a lesson in attention to detail and not rushing. Kayla had some troubles with her first one because she wasn't always paying attention to the actual numbers and was instead just connecting the dots where she thought they went next. I had to slow her down which is a lesson in and of itself for kids (and adults too!)
Once they are finished connecting the dots, they are ready to work on their fine motor skills and creativity by adding some fun color to their picture. To make the project even more fun, make it into a personalized picture and/or card for someone special.
Looks like you all had a great, and fun time with those! have a great day!-Andrewni
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