Building Fine Motor Skills Without Pressure, Pencils, or Worksheets
Learning to write doesn’t begin with a pencil, worksheets, or by children tracing their name each day. It begins with whole-body readiness.
If you’ve wondered how to support children who gravitate toward hands-on, active play but avoid fine motor or table-based activities, you're not alone. These patterns often signal that foundational motor skills, such as strength, coordination, and motor control, are still developing, and that children may benefit from more whole-body, play-based experiences.
This free guide shares developmentally appropriate, play-based strategies that help children build strong fine motor foundations and confidence, long before formal writing is expected.
You don't need to add more to your plate. You need real strategies for real preschool classrooms so you can help kids succeed without the struggle.
Inside From Play to Pencil you’ll discover:
- 5 powerful ways to prepare children for future writing through play, confidence, and building essential foundational motor skills.
- What’s actually developmentally appropriate for preschool writing (and what should wait)
- A simple pre-writing milestone guide you can refer to again and again
- The best “first writing” tools for small hands
- Encouragement from an expert who gets what you’re experiencing in the classroom
Hi, I'm Stephanie Roberts.
Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Educator & Advocate.
With decades of experience in early childhood development, I am passionate about helping children achieve their highest level of independence. I work collaboratively with families and educators to support children's growth in play, fine motor abilities, self-care skills, and to support their overall sensory processing.
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