Good Fine Motor Skills are important – here’s why:
Good fine motor skills are a determining factor to your child’s academic success. As a parent, you play a very important role in your child’s overall development, and this includes the development of their fine motor skills. One of the most important things that you can do for your child’s development is giving them fun […]
Understanding Motor Development in Children
Motor development includes both fine motor and gross motor skills. When a baby spends a lot of time on their backs or stomachs, it helps to develop their coordination, balance, and muscle strength. And after a lot of concentration and practice, babies will be able to reach and grasp objects, roll over, sit up and […]
Child Development: Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor development Fine motor development refers to the development of the little muscles in the hands, wrists and fingers. By strengthening these little muscles your child will be able to refine the movements of the hands and fingers and will be able to exert greater control over tasks that require fine work (such as […]
Baby’s development: 7 – 12 months
Child Development 7 – 12 months Hello world! The second half of your baby’s first year is all about exploring and her increasing mobility helps her to do exactly that. Let’s look at some of the developmental milestones you can expect to see at this age. Remember however that these are merely guidelines and that […]
Pencil grip development and why it matters
As part of my assessments I routinely check fine motor control and pencil grip and often while reporting to a parent that their child’s pencil grip is inferior I am asked: “What does it really matter? What difference does it make how my child holds his / her pencil?” We’ve all heard of the brilliant […]
Writing exercises for children
Children need to be able to communicate appropriately in written form. Unfortunately this no longer means strictly pen on paper and so things such as writing and perfect penmanship are almost considered a thing of the past but this does not mean that your child should be allowed to scribble and work untidily. Writing requires […]
Video: Ideas to promote fine motor development in your pre-school child
Watch this videofor some ideas on how you can promote fine motor development in your pre-school child:
Kids learning: The wonder of play dough
Kids learning about the world through the wonder of play dough. I’m not a night owl. In fact, most nights I battle to stay awake past 8pm. But last Wednesday evening I found myself in the kitchen at 11:30pm happily humming to myself and shuffling along in my slippers – making play dough. I would […]
Anel’s top 20 favourite activities to enhance fine motor development
Anel’s top 20 favourite activities to enhance fine motor development Colouring, drawing, cutting and tracing are all wonderful activities to enhance fine motor skills. But many young children, especially boys, find these activities boring and often despise having to spend time sitting still at a desk completing worksheets. There are so many other wonderful and […]
Early Motor Control and Motor Development
Early Motor Control and Motor Development Motor development and control is the most important accomplishment of early life, and therefore the greatest percentage of brain activity at this age is organized for reaching, grasping, turning, lifting, lugging oneself upward first onto the knees, and then finally getting ready to take those first lumbering uncertain steps.
