As part of the Warldorf curriculum children as young as 4 start to learn finger knitting. We have just started trying out some finger knitting with Kamali and it has been rather a lot of fun.

Finger knitting is wonderful fine motor work …it builds dexterity and strength in those finger muscles, important for writing skills, and also encourages perseverance and concentration.

After reading the story about the very busy spider Kamali really wanted to make a spiderweb! What a wonderful idea for a fine motor activity for children 4 and older.

First create/stick up a kind of star shape in wool as the base of the web and then invite your child to spin the web by rolling the ball of wool over and under each line as shown in the video. Once Kamali got the hang of it she was on a roll!

Afterwards we created a spider by twirling some pipe cleaners around a piece of fluff!

For younger children singing “Incy wincy spider” and working on the finger actions is a wonderful way to build up those finger muscles this week.