Fine Motor Skills

Question 1

What are fine motor skills?

Answer 1

Theses are the skills that a child must develop so they can coordinate and control the movement of the small muscles in the fingers and hands

Question 2

How do funeotor skills develop in a newborn?

Answer 2

• can grasp an adults finger
• by 3 months hold a rattle for a short period of time
• by 6 months can grasp a toy and pass to the other hand - by 12 months small objects will be grasped using the pimvwe grasp

Question 3

What are the fine motor skills atb18 months?

Answer 3

• build with small blocks
• use a spoon using the palmer grasp
• make marks with crayons using the palmer grasp
• by 2 years they can put shoes
• by 2 years can come from a crayon to draw circles and dots

Question 4

What are the fine motor skills developed at 3 years?

Answer 4

• tripod grasp is developing
• can use a knife and fork
• turn the pages of a book
• button and unbutton clothes
• at 4 can thread small beads and colour in pictures