Many children struggle with fine motor skills and this in turn affects their writing skills, ability to do buttons, use cutlery and join in with play. It can have a knock-on effect on confidence and also in turn on regulation.
How can you tell if a child has fine motor skill difficulties at a glance?
- Avoidance and/or disinterest of fiddly finger skills
- Preferring physical activity
- Interest in ‘passive’ activities such as watching TV or an iPad
- No interest in pencil or scissors skills
- Being ‘bossy’ in play and asking others to “draw a cat for me”
- Not persisting in the face of a challenge (e.g. asking parents to fix a problem without physically trying to fix it themselves)
- Waiting for parents to dress them or clean their teeth rather than trying themselves
- Refusal to use stylus with the IPAD
Follow the link below for some examles of fine motor activities you can do at home to help develop this important skill:
