Pony Bead Fine Motor Activities- Stringing Beads Preschool Activities

Stringing pony beads is a fun way to work on fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, and other preschool skills (e.g., counting, color-matching, and bead patterns)! This stringing bead resource includes animals, people, nature, and holiday/seasonal that can be used all year long!

Simplify your day with easy grab-and-go fine motor stringing bead activities that can be used again and again. The templates are easy to tailor according to your learners' needs. You can use specific colors of pipe cleaner for color-sorting or use dry erase markers for counting beads. You can start a pattern on one string and have your student copy the pattern. There's so many ways to use them and lots of fun!

What's included?
27 printable templates

• Animals: hedgehog, cat (2), flamingo, jellyfish (4), and lion
• Insects: ladybug and spider
• People (4)
• Nature: flowers (4), rainbow cloud (2), shooting star, sun, cactus, palm tree, apple tree, and pine/Christmas tree

What's not included?

• beads
• pipe cleaner

Prep once & Reuse again and again!
-Print, laminate, cut and hole-punch the templates. Insert pipe cleaners into the holes. Have students string beads or other small items. For counting, you can also use dry erase markers to indicate how many beads per string.

Skills addressed:

• Visual Motor Integration & Precision
• Bilateral Coordination
• Fine Motor Skills
• Color Matching & Counting