I like to think of a child’s fine motor development as a 4-legged stool.
Each leg of the stool represents one of the foundations for fine motor skills. When one of those legs is missing, or misshapen, the stool will wobble and topple over. Each of the legs has to be in place in order for the stool to be stable.
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If your child seems to be struggling with any of these skills, please ask for a referral to a pediatric occupational therapist! This website is not a substitute for an occupational therapy evaluation and treatment!
Foundation 1: Postural Stability
When a child lacks stability in the shoulder girdle and trunk, he/she may hold the pencil really tightly to try and get more control over it, or may press really hard on the paper. You may also see tension at the shoulders during fine motor tasks.
Trying to use a pencil or scissors without adequate stability of the large shoulder girdle and trunk muscles is like trying to paint a portrait while standing on a wobbly stepladder. It takes huge amounts of effort, is extremely tiring and the results are usually lousy.
Read these pages on my site for more information on shoulder girdle and core stability, and get inspired to try some simple activities to help your child!
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Foundation 2: Tactile Perception
If you are not getting good tactile (touch) feedback from your fingers, it is hard to be accurate with them!
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There is probably not anything wrong with the nerves in the hands, but the brain is not processing the information from the hands properly, and so fine motor development is not optimal.
Kids with poor tactile perception can sometimes be really clumsy with their hands, always dropping small items and letting things slip out of their grasp.
Sometimes they hold items with too much force, so they can “feel” it properly.
Read more about this important foundation for fine motor development and try out the activities in the pages below.
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Foundation 3: Hand Function
Giving your child lots of opportunities to get the hands and fingers working together will improve hand strength and dexterity. Cutting with scissors is a really good way to help a child to develop good hand function, so be sure to include lots of scissor cutting in your child’s routine!
Click on the images below to view pages on my site that are jam-packed with information and activity ideas to help promote your child’s fine motor development.
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Foundation 4: Bilateral Coordination
It may seem like a strange foundation for fine motor development, but if your hands don’t work well together, your ability to do many fine motor tasks may be affected.
Kids who have poor bilateral coordination skills may end up avoiding those fine motor activities and thus adversely affect their skill development.
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Get helpful info and activities on my bilateral coordination pages below!
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Helpful Resources for Fine Motor Development
Learning Resources
This company has created some lovely fine motor toys and games. Have a look at their resources on Amazon #Ad
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Free Printable Fine Motor Download!
This free printable download gives you an overview of the essential bases for fine motor development that were covered on this page.
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