Re: how old was ur child when they
Puzzles with knobs…show them how to grip/hold the knob and take the piece out instead dumping the puzzle on the floor and putting it back the same way.
Lacing activities… Start with shoe laces and beads with big holes or pasta with with holes.
Spooning activitie…give them bucket of grains, sand, beans, pasta, rice (whatever), some containers and different kinds of spoons to transfer grains from one container to another. Show them how to hold the hold the spoon.
Self feeding…give them a spoon and fork, let them feed themselves. Demonstrate with your spoon/fork and food.
Thick crayons…give them blank paper, color with.
Side walk chalk…play with side walk chalk…they love it and it is a great tool to help develop/prepare their hand for writing.
Tweezers and tong activities… Transferring pom poms or other small objects using tweezers tongs. I love getting Indian corn in fall and let the kids pluck the corn off the cob using a tweezers. Make sure it is a good heavy tweezer.