Back to School Lacing Cards

Are you looking for fine motor activities for the beginning of the school year? These Back to School Lacing Cards are just what you need!

Lacing cards are a fun tool to have in your preschool classroom! Not only are they engaging, but they help kids to develop and improve fine motor skills too.

As your students thread the yarn through the holes, they’re practicing important hand-eye coordination and dexterity, which are essential for writing.

The repetitive motion of lacing helps strengthen the small muscles in their hands and fingers, giving them better control.

Plus, lacing cards can also help with concentration and focus, as your kids need to pay attention to the process.

Getting Ready to Use the Back to School Lacing Cards:

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What’s Included:

• 8 Back to School Lacing Cards

What Else Is Needed:

• White Card Stock or Colored Card Stock
• Scissors
• Laminator
• Laminating Sheets
• Hole Puncher
• Yarn or Shoelace

To prepare this fine motor activity for your students, fill out the form below.

Next, download and print the colored cards on white card stock. Or, print the black and white cards on colored card stock.

Then, laminate the cards and cut them out. Finally, punch a hole on all of the circles.

How to Use the Back to School Lacing Cards:

To begin this activity, your students will thread a piece of yarn or a shoelace through one of the holes.

To help your students, you can tie on end of the yarn or shoelace through one of the holes. Or, tape the end to the back to the card.

You can also put a piece of tape around the end of the yarn, so it is easier for them to thread.

Your kids will then continue putting the yarn or shoelace back and forth through all the holes until they go around the entire card.

Adding these Back to School Lacing Cards into your activities is a way to support your preschoolers’ fine motor development while keeping them entertained and engaged!

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More Back to School Activities:

Are you looking for more school-themed activities for your students? Check out these books and literacy resources.

Back to School Books:

Get your preschoolers and kindergarteners ready for the beginning of the school year with these fun picture books!

First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg

The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff

Back to School Literacy Activities:

Your students can work on letter recognition, matching, and much more with these themed activities.

Back to School Alphabet Sensory Bin

Back to School Letter Search Activity

Back to School Color by Letter Worksheets

You May Also Like The Back to School Morning Tubs:

Are you looking to start the new school year off with a morning routine that will excite your students and get them ready for a day of learning? These Back to School Morning Tubs are just what you need!

As they walk into your classroom, you preschoolers can use these 20 hands-on activities independently to learn and review literacy and math concepts.

While they are working, you can greet students, take attendance, collect homework, answer questions, and so much more!

Click on the link or the picture to learn more about all the activities that are included in this bundle!

Download the Back to School Lacing Cards:

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