Fine motor skills are more refined and precise movements of the hands and fingers that allow child to functionally reach, grasp and release objects for purposeful manipulation. It is important to consider the child’s fine motor abilities and to look for tremors, overshooting and eye-hand coordination. Fine motor skills appear in developmental sequence like
Reaching an object
Grasp of an object with one hand
Transfer of objects from one hand to another
Release of objects actively
Pincer grasp
Pictures along with animation for all these
As children mature grasp on writing tools becomes more refined and children show hand preference, Stack blocks, work simple puzzles and peg boards, string beads and explore environment in detail. The fine motor scale of Peabody Developmental scales can be used to examine the child’s fine motor development.
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