Good fine motor skills are essential in the development of handwriting, feeding and dressing. Many children who have difficulties with fine motor skills find the following things challenging:
- Managing fastenings on clothes
- Inappropriate pencil grasp and pencil work
- Using a knife and fork together
- Opening and closing containers
- Turning pages of a book
- Picking up and placing small objects
- Using craft materials e.g. glue, paper, glitter, etc.
- Using classroom tools, e.g. Scissors, rulers, rubbers, etc.
- Accessing messy play, sand, glue, paint, etc.
Using play dough is a great way to develop fine motor skills and it is fun too! Making play dough is really easy and can be found below:
