DEFINITION, DEVELOPMENT BY AGE
DEFINITION
Fine motor skills: precise skilled movements involving visual development and hand-eye coordination
DEVELOPMENT BY AGE
Early milestones:
- 2 months: fixes eyes on objects 30cm away, face preference
- 6 months: palmar grasp
- 9 months: scissor grasp
- 12 months: pincer grasp – 14-18 months: picks up a spoon clumsily
Drawing:
- 12 months: holds crayon clumsily, draws lines
- 2 years: vertical line
- 5 years: horizontal line
- 3 years: circle
- 4 years: cross, square
- 5 years: triangle
Tower building:
- 14 months: 2 bricks
- 18 months: 4 bricks
- 2 years: 8 bricks
- 5 years: 12 bricks
- 3 years: train of 3
- 4 years: can build steps
Pencil grasp:
- Under 2 years: First grasp
- 2-3 years: digital pronated grasp
- 3-4 years: quadrupod grasp – Over 4 years: mature grasp