Dexterity

Fine Motor Skills

coordination & control of the wrists, fingers and hands

Help children to be more independent in carrying out daily activities such as cutting with a pair of scissorsand applying glue on a piece of paper

Allows children to perform sel-help tasks such as tyingshoelaces and fastening buttons on their clothes

Well-developed fine motor skillswill help children to be able to use

drawing

writing

art tools such as pencils, chalks and paintbrushes more efficiently

will allow children

to be skilful in using their fingers to create art works

Initial stage of fine motor skills development

Children should be given learning opportunities

to use their hands to carry out different tasks such astearing paper, kneading dough and building blockstructures

to gain more confidence in using their hands and fingers to manipulate objects such as scissors, shoelaces, zips and button

to strenghten their hand muscles to be more precise inperforming more complex skills such as cutting and threading

Key Knowledge /skills/ disposition Manipulate objects with dexterity

Use eye-hand coordination to perform fine motor skills

Important!

Teachers have the flexibility to provide learningopportunities based on their children’s abilities, interests and developmental needs.

Children’s learning and developmentlook like… Manipulate play dough by squeezing , rolling and

kneading into shapes and objects

Use glue to paste items (e.g. coloured paper, beads, ice-cream sticks) on paper

Hold paper with one hand and cut with the other

Use scissors to cut shapes with straight and curvedlines

Build structures with blocks

Activities of fine motor skillsdevelopment Kneading dough Modeling clay Shadow play – use their fingers to perform their stories, Finger puppets Origami, folding paper Preparing picture montage Threading beads Painting Colouring Drawing with patterns Copying Drawing 10+1 lazy number eight – develop coordination

SummaryMotor Skills Development goes beyond helping

children to acquire motor skills. Through

carefully planned and organized activities by the

teachers, children will also develop healthy

habits and fitness, and learn about safety at

home, in kindergarten and at public places.