Easter building brick mats are a fun way to strengthen little hands this spring! With the Fine Motor Mats for Easter | Building Bricks, preschool and kindergarten children use LEGO® bricks to build Easter pictures like a pink bunny, a chocolate bunny and a patterned Easter egg.

Developing fine motor skills is important for preschool and kindergarten children. Fine motor skills help children learn to control the hand, fingers and thumb, which they need not only to hold a crayon and write with a pencil but to handle everyday life. On each mat, children build a picture with matching colors using one-to-one correspondence (one brick in each space on the grid), trace letters and read a simple sentence.

With these Easter building brick mats, you get

• Easter pictures such as bunnies and a patterned egg to build on a stud grid
• Color matching and one-to-one correspondence on every mat
• Letter and word tracing for beginning writing skills
• A simple sentence to read on each mat

Set out a bin of bricks and a mat and children are ready to build.

What's Included

• Easter fine motor mats with pictures to build on a stud grid, such as a pink bunny, a chocolate bunny with a red bow and a patterned Easter egg
• Color matching with LEGO® bricks
• Letter and word tracing, such as the word egg
• A simple sentence to read on each mat
• Counting practice, such as counting a row of bunnies and recording the number in an "I see" sentence

Why Teachers Love It

• Hands-on learning: Fine motor work comes together with literacy and math on every mat.
• Uses materials you already have: LEGO® bricks become learning tools.
• Builds finger strength: Grabbing and connecting the bricks strengthens the index finger and thumb.
• Encourages independent work: The mats fit centers, morning work and busy bins.
• Easter fun: Bunnies and eggs fit right into your spring and Easter lesson plans.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Fine motor strength: Grabbing and pressing bricks builds finger strength and hand-eye coordination.
• Color matching: Children match each brick to the color shown on the mat.
• One-to-one correspondence: Children place one brick in each space on the grid.
• Beginning writing skills: Tracing letters and words builds early handwriting control.
• Early reading: Children read a simple sentence on each mat.
• Counting: Children count the pictures in a row and record how many.
• Spatial reasoning: Children look at the design and figure out where each brick belongs.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Following directions
• Maintaining attention
• Working independently
• Using mathematical language
• Building confidence during group participation

How to Use It

Step 1: Print the Easter mats and laminate them for durability so children can trace with a dry erase marker.

Step 2: Set out LEGO® bricks in the colors children need. Model how to match each brick to its space on the grid.

Step 3: Children build the picture, trace the letters or words and read the simple sentence.

Materials You'll Need

• LEGO® bricks

Easy Differentiation

Children come to fine motor centers with different hand strength and building experience. These mats are easy to adjust for each of them.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Provide only the colors and bricks needed for the picture
• Cover part of the mat so children can work on one section at a time
• Offer larger bricks that are easier to grasp
• Read the sentence aloud together while pointing to each word

For On-Level Practice

• Build each picture independently with matching colors
• Trace the letters and words on each mat
• Read the simple sentence
• Count the pictures on the counting mats

For an Extra Challenge

• Build the design beside the mat without building on top of the picture
• Count how many bricks of each color the picture uses
• Write a new sentence about the picture
• Invite children to design their own Easter picture with bricks

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Use the mats in OT sessions for pincer grasp and finger strength
• Practice Easter vocabulary such as bunny, chocolate and egg
• Practice color words with a frame such as "I need a ___ brick."
• Let children point to choose each brick while an adult or peer helps place it
• Give extra processing time and model the first few bricks

Perfect For

• Spring and Easter fine motor centers
• Morning work
• Literacy centers
• STEM centers and building challenges
• Small groups
• OT sessions
• Homeschool learning
• Rainy day activities and indoor recess

Standards

These Easter building brick mats support the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and Virginia's Early Learning and Development Standards (2021), and they build toward kindergarten skills in Common Core, the TEKS (ELAR, adopted 2017) and the Virginia English SOL (2024):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
• CCSS L.K.1.a: Print many uppercase and lowercase letters, starting with tracing practice.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.1: Show control in tasks that take small-muscle strength, such as pinching and pressing bricks onto each space.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.2: Show growing control in tasks that need eye-hand coordination while placing each brick in the design.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.1: Recognize and name letters while tracing them on each mat.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS ELAR K.2.D.v: Identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
• TEKS ELAR K.2.E: Form letters accurately while tracing them.

Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards

• Virginia ELDS HPD3.1: Use eyes and hands together, matching each brick to its place on the mat.
• Virginia ELDS HPD3.2: Develop small muscle control while picking up and pressing small bricks.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD3.3: Handle writing tools while tracing letters and words.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.A: Identify capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
• VA SOL English K.FFW.1.B: Print letters with growing accuracy, beginning with traced letters and words.

Kids will love learning with the Easter Fine Motor Mats for LEGO® Bricks while they work on literacy skills, fine motor skills and have a LOT of fun! Add them to your cart today and have your Easter fine motor center ready in minutes.

These mats are also included in the Fine Motor Mega Pack: Check out the Fine Motor Mega Pack here

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