Fine motor skills - Educational Assisstance and Resource Center Speranta

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Educational, rehabilitation and compensatory activities for MDVI children

Financed by Hilton Perkins Program, USA

The activities provided by the „Little Light” Project take place daily, for a period of 3 hours and they are organized in individual and group activities, following a unit based curriculum („Spring”, „Things that grow”, „Animals”, etc.)

Group activities:

Individual activities:

» Fine motor skills

Fine motor skills refers to the coordination of small muscle movements which occur in the fingers, usually in coordination with the eyes.

The building of fine motor skills in children will enable them to perform a variety of important functional tasks. These include:

tying shoes
zipping and unzipping
buckling and unbuckling
writing legibly and without significant muscle fatigue
playing games that require precise hand and finger control
drawing, painting, and coloring
manipulating buttons and snaps
putting small objects together
doing puzzles
using scissors
manipulating small objects such as coins
developing and maintaining an effective and proper pencil grip
pinching objects between fingers