What are fine motor skills? It is the use of the small muscles in your hands and fingers. They are essential when it comes to activities like buttoning clothes, opening food containers, writing, cutting with scissors, etc. Young child benefit from activities that help strengthen these muscles and it will help prepare them for when they enter kindergarten and are asked to color, write and cut more. So how do you strengthen these muscles? there are so many fun ways such as playing with playdough, stringing beads, cutting different types of materials. On this page you will find different fun activities that can help build the strength in your children’s hands.