Sensory-stimulating tasks, such as playing with sand, water, buckets and scooping containers, will enhance hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills in your child, according to the article "Pour It On! Games for Hand-Eye Coordination," published by the website What To Expect. The games you give your kids to promote hand-eye coordination should be fun and geared to their age level so they remain interested and engaged long enough to play for a while. Contact your pediatrician if your child seems to have difficulty with hand-eye coordination so she can be monitored and encouraged in her learning skills.
Building Blocks
Building blocks are one of the best ways to support your child's eye-hand coordination skills, as toys that require grasping and fitting pieces together will boost your child's coordination, notes the website One Step Ahead. You can buy them made of wood or plastic and they can come in different colors to make it more fun for your child to play with them. Sit with your child and teach him to stack one block on top of the other to create a tower and also show him how he can choose blocks of the same color for each layer to create a pattern. You can also build shapes flat on the floor, such as snakes or train tracks that extend on a large area of your child's bedroom or playroom floor.
Bubbles
Blowing bubbles is a fun activity for your children, and there are many different types of bubble wands that have openings with different shapes to create a variety of bubbles sure to entertain your child as they enhance her hand-eye coordination. Teach your child to play with bubbles outside in order to avoid making a soapy mess on your carpet or floor. You can also encourage your child to chase the bubbles she makes in order to pop them, suggests the article "Playing with Bubbles: The Toddler Activity That Sticks," also published by the website What To Expect. Soon your child will learn that blowing gently will produce bigger bubbles than blowing hard, adding a new dimension to her motor skills learning.
Sand Box
Take your child to a park that has a sandbox and bring along buckets and shovels she can use to scoop the sand and put it in the bucket. You can also let her bring some plastic toys to play with in the sand, as she can bury them or have them climb sand dunes she creates with her hands or shovel.
