What is fine motor?

Fine motor development contributes to the development of communication skills in young children. Fine Motor skills are those skills that require children to manipulate and gain control over a variety of materials and tools.

The components of fine motor skills can be considered to be:

• Grasping -eg using a crayon, pencil, brush, glue stick, beater, blocks
• Manipulating - eg playdough, clay, unifix, centicubes, paper, sewing, scissors, fingerplays
• Hand-eye co-ordination - eg writing, cutting, threading, moving a cursor, using a glue gun

In Kindergarten we provide opportunities every week for the children to develop their fine motor skills through a variety of structured activities. The children have so much fun engaging in these activities that they don't even realise they have been organised for a specific purpose, targeting specific areas of fine motor development. 

Have a look at some of the activities the children have participated in so far !!

String Painting 

Grasping pegs with letters on them to make words

Drawing and writing in powder

Using tweezers to pick up different objects and transfering them to a different spot.

Using fancy scissors to cut and create our own artworks.

Using different types of blocks to construct our own cities