Spring building brick mats are a fun way to strengthen little hands this season! The Fine Motor Mats for Spring | Building Bricks include 20 pages where preschool and kindergarten children use LEGO® bricks to build spring pictures like a butterfly, a flower and a rainbow.

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 by matching brick colors, placing one brick in each space on the grid (one-to-one correspondence). The mats also add tracing, 2D shape identification and beginning sounds, so these mats work well on their own in independent centers.

With these spring building brick mats, you get

• 20 pages of spring fine motor mats
• Color matching and one-to-one correspondence on every mat
• Tracing for pre-writing practice
• 2D shape identification and beginning sound practice

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

What's Included

• 20 pages of spring fine motor mats
• Spring pictures to build on a stud grid, such as a butterfly, a flower and a rainbow
• Color matching with building bricks
• Word tracing for pre-writing practice, such as butterfly and flower
• 2D shape identification and beginning sounds
• Counting practice, such as counting the rainbow pictures 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.
• Encourages independent work: The mats fit centers, morning work and fine motor tubs.
• Builds finger strength: Grabbing and connecting the bricks strengthens the index finger and thumb.
• Spring fun: Butterflies, flowers and rainbows fit right into your spring 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.
• Pre-writing skills: Tracing words builds early handwriting control.
• 2D shape identification: Children identify flat shapes on the mats.
• Beginning sounds: Children connect letters to the first sounds in spring words.
• 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 spring 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, then trace the word and complete the shape, beginning sound or counting practice.

Materials You'll Need

• LEGO® bricks or other building 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
• Trace the words together with a finger before using a marker

For On-Level Practice

• Build each picture independently with matching colors
• Trace the words on each mat
• Say the beginning sound of each spring picture
• 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
• Name another word that starts with the same sound
• Invite children to design their own spring picture with bricks

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Use the mats in OT sessions for pincer grasp and finger strength
• Practice spring vocabulary such as butterfly, flower and rainbow
• 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 fine motor centers
• Morning work
• Fine motor tubs
• Literacy centers
• STEM centers and building challenges
• Small groups
• OT sessions
• Homeschool learning
• Rainy day activities and indoor recess

Standards

These spring 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 (Math, adopted 2012; ELAR, adopted 2017) and the Virginia English SOL (2024):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.G.A.2: Name shapes regardless of their size or orientation.
• CCSS RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
• CCSS RF.K.2.d: Isolate and say the first sound in simple spoken words, such as spring picture names.

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 words on each mat.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math K.6.A: Identify two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, rectangles and squares.
• TEKS ELAR K.2.D.v: Identify uppercase and lowercase letters.

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 words.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.A: Identify capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Check out what other educators are saying:

★★★★★ Judith P. wrote, “My students really enjoyed these activities!”

★★★★★ Teacher Jai (TpT Seller) wrote, “A great addition to my fine motor tubs.”

Kids will love learning with the Spring Fine Motor Building Bricks Mats while they work on literacy skills, fine motor skills and have a LOT of fun! Add the Fine Motor Mats for Spring | Building Bricks to your cart today and have 20 pages of spring building fun ready to go.

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

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