Developing Fine Motor Skills

Many of your child’s daily activities—like getting dressed, eating, and writing—require control of small muscles in the hands. We call these skills fine motor skills. Children must develop fine motor coordination in order to learn to perform basic everyday tasks such as dressing, tying shoelaces, preparing food, and other self-care tasks. At school, they need to be able to cut, paste and draw and fine motor skills are absolutely essential for learning to write.