This scooping words activity is a fun way to work on literacy and fluency with reading. Use this activity along with our ping pong bounce game for fine motor fun with reading! This is a multisensory learning activity kids love.
Scooping Words
Why Use this Scooping Words Activity?
This scooping words idea builds skills in several areas:
- Hand Eye coordination
- Bilateral coordination
- Fine motor control
- Graded precision
- Visual scanning
- Visual attention
- Motor planning
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Scooping Words Activity
Big Sister grabbed the Ice Cream Scoop
She would tell me the words on the pin pong balls as she scooped. Baby Girl had to get involved in this activity when she saw the scooping fun!
Scooping and pouring (and scooping words) is a great fine motor activity for toddlers, so this was not only fun for her…it was also a great developmental activity!
For Big Sister, scooping the ping pong balls while making sure the words were showing was good for her fine motor work.
with the same words written out on them. They were in a random order for Big Sister to match words. 
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2 thoughts on “Scooping Words Activity”
This is great! I might do the matching one with my daughter soon. She's showing a huge interest in words, how to spell them and everything. She'll love this!
Thanks Lauren!
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