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Human Movement Science, 52, — Scharf, R. Developmental Milestones, Pediatrics in Review, 37 1 , Suggate, S. For example, a child may have a difficult time holding scissors and cutting along a dotted line. This post contains affiliate links. Fine motor skills gradually build for children as they do activities to help strengthen their muscles and coordination.
Make sure to keep the fine motor activities fun and change it up for your child! The more they want to play and explore with activities that build their fine motor skills, the more precise their movements will be.
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Rather than allocating all of their brainpower to remember how to spell a word or thinking of what to write next in their story, children with a deficit in fine motor skills will be required to use a lot of their cognitive effort just to control their pencil on the page. If a child lacks speed or endurance in their writing, they will take longer than their peers to complete writing tasks, may regularly leave tasks incomplete and subsequently fall behind in class. Fine motor skills are also essential for children to have independence outside the classroom.
A child with poor fine motor ability may have to find a teacher every time they need to unzip their school bag, tie their shoelaces or open a packet of food at recess. Evidence suggests that children with a deficit in their fine motor skills are more likely to demonstrate emotional and behavioural issues as well as low self-esteem often due to being ridiculed by peers.
Research suggests that children and adolescents with identified motor coordination weakness are at higher risk of experiencing anxiety and even depression associated with their perceived lack of competence in motor activities Losse et al. Working to help children develop the best fine motor skills possible at a young age helps to set the stage for success in school and at home, and more so, contributes to them feeling good about themselves.
It also has huge run-off benefits for teachers who can then concentrate on teaching concepts of information rather than focusing on the mechanics of cutting, gluing, or writing.
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