Fine motor skills refers to the co-ordination of small muscles in movement with the eyes, hands and fingers. The small muscles in the hands and wrists are used to make precise movements.
Fine motor skills assist children in performing important everyday tasks such as feeding themselves, grasping objects, dressing up, and writing to name a few.
The ability to accomplish these everyday tasks by using fine motor skills helps a childs self confidence and self esteem to grow. This in turn has an impact on the childs emotional development.
Most of our everyday activities require good eye hand co-ordination. There are many activities that can be done in the early childhood development stage to develop and promote fine motor skills development. Some examples are
- Construction toys and blocks
- Puzzles
- Cutting and sticking
- Threading and lacing
- Pegs and pegboard activities
- Screwing nuts and bolts
- Playing and creating with dough
- Finger and brush painting
- Pegging small items on a line
- Tracing ………………………………………..etc
My many years of experience in the ECD classroom contributes to understanding how important the development of these skills are. I also know first hand the pride that a child experiences when he/she masters a task and how it adds to his/her confidence levels.
Most of these activities are also fun to do, so the child is actually developing much needed skills without tons of pressure being placed on them. It also contributes to language development and socialisation.
We have many products in store that assist in the development of fine motor skills such as puzzles, pegboards, blocks and beads to name a few.
Click on our FINE MOTOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT category and enjoy shopping.
Questions and queries welcome via whatsapp on 0725158035 or email info@inspiremeonline.co.za.
Looking forward to dispatching your orders.
Bye for now.
Prisheen
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