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Autumn Fine Motor Skills

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Early YearsKey Events & Seasonal

Autumn Fine Motor Skills

4.916 reviews

Support children's fine motor development with this engaging Autumn-themed EYFS activity. Children help the squirrel find his nut by either tracing or cutting along the pathway, making it perfect for developing scissor skills, pencil control and pre-writing confidence. Ideal for continuous provision, fine motor interventions and autumn-themed learning.

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Develop essential fine motor skills with this engaging Autumn-themed EYFS Fine Motor Skills Activity, designed to strengthen hand control, coordination and early writing readiness through purposeful, hands-on learning. Children help the squirrel find his nut by following the pathway using one of two differentiated options. They can either trace the line to develop pencil control and pre-writing skills or cut along the line to build scissor skills, hand strength and bilateral coordination. This flexible approach makes the resource suitable for a wide range of abilities, allowing practitioners to easily adapt the activity to meet individual learning needs. Perfect for nurseries, preschools, Reception classrooms and childminders, this autumn-themed resource encourages children to develop the fine motor foundations needed for successful handwriting while keeping them engaged with a fun seasonal theme. This EYFS resource is ideal for: Fine motor skills development Scissor skills practice Pencil control and pre-writing activities Hand-eye coordination Fine motor intervention groups Continuous provision Independent learning Autumn-themed activities Nursery and Reception classrooms Learning Benefits Strengthens fine motor control and dexterity Develops pencil grip and early mark-making skills Improves scissor control and cutting accuracy Builds hand strength and coordination Supports early handwriting readiness Encourages concentration and perseverance This versatile Autumn Fine Motor Skills Activity is a valuable addition to any EYFS setting, providing an engaging way to support children's physical development while celebrating the changing seasons.Read more

Develop essential fine motor skills with this engaging Autumn-themed EYFS Fine Motor Skills Activity, designed to strengthen hand control, coordination and early writing readiness through purposeful, hands-on learning. Children help the squirrel find his nut by following the pathway using one of two differentiated options. They can either trace the line to develop pencil control and pre-writing skills or cut along the line to build scissor skills, hand strength and bilateral coordination. This flexible approach makes the resource suitable for a wide range of abilities, allowing practitioners to easily adapt the activity to meet individual learning needs. Perfect for nurseries, preschools, Reception classrooms and childminders, this autumn-themed resource encourages children to develop the fine motor foundations needed for successful handwriting while keeping them engaged with a fun seasonal theme. This EYFS resource is ideal for: Fine motor skills development Scissor skills practice Pencil control and pre-writing activities Hand-eye coordination Fine motor intervention groups Continuous provision Independent learning Autumn-themed activities Nursery and Reception classrooms Learning Benefits Strengthens fine motor control and dexterity Develops pencil grip and early mark-making skills Improves scissor control and cutting accuracy Builds hand strength and coordination Supports early handwriting readiness Encourages concentration and perseverance This versatile Autumn Fine Motor Skills Activity is a valuable addition to any EYFS setting, providing an engaging way to support children's physical development while celebrating the changing seasons.

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The standard small step pack, as her own modules ship it. We do not print page counts here, because her catalogue does not publish them and a guessed number is worse than none.

★★★ Differentiated three ways
  • Working towardsScaffolded, with the model or the bar already drawn.
  • Working withinThe expected standard for the year group.
  • Greater depthReasoning and explaining, not just more of the same.

Her own system, with the star count repeated in every worksheet header so a child can be handed the right sheet without a word.

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4.916 verified reviewsWe ask once, seven days after the download, and one tap is enough.
Beth NightingaleYear 1 teacher, Poplar Farm School, GranthamVerified download, 13 January 2026

Fine, though the font is small for my class.

The maths is right and the sequence is sensible. Several of my children needed it enlarged to A3, which is easy enough but worth knowing before you print thirty.

4 teachers found this helpful

Joanne PicklesYear 3 teacher, Crossflatts Primary, BingleyVerified download, 5 March 2026

Printed it at eight on a Sunday and taught it on the Monday.

No editing, no reformatting, no hunting for the answers. The three levels are on separate pages, which sounds obvious until you have used the sites where they are not.

10 teachers found this helpful

Michael FerrisMaths lead, Cheadle Heath Primary, StockportVerified download, 16 February 2026

Matches our White Rose planning almost week for week.

I stopped adapting things from three different sites and now start here. The odd week does not line up exactly, but the small step it covers is always somewhere in the same block.

8 teachers found this helpful

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