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Fine Motor Development Milestone

This document outlines fine motor development milestones in children from birth to 8 years old. It details skills such as grasping, reaching, and manipulating objects that develop from reflexive movements in infants to writing letters and numbers in older children. Key milestones include voluntary grasping at 3 months, controlled pincer grasping at 6 months, transferring objects between hands at 1 year, and handwriting development between ages 4-8. Fine motor skills progress from whole arm movements to precise hand and finger control over time.

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Fine Motor Development Milestone

This document outlines fine motor development milestones in children from birth to 8 years old. It details skills such as grasping, reaching, and manipulating objects that develop from reflexive movements in infants to writing letters and numbers in older children. Key milestones include voluntary grasping at 3 months, controlled pincer grasping at 6 months, transferring objects between hands at 1 year, and handwriting development between ages 4-8. Fine motor skills progress from whole arm movements to precise hand and finger control over time.

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Fine motor development milestone

Age Development Milestone

0-6  Reflexive grasp (at birth)


months  Global ineffective reach for objects (3 months)
 Voluntary grasp (3 months)
 2 handed palmar grasp (3 months)
 1 handed palmar grasp (5 months)
 Controlled reach (6 months)
6-12  Reaches, grasps, puts object in mouth
months  Controlled release of objects
 Static pincer grasp (thumb and one finger
 Picks things up with pincer grasp (thumb and one finger)
 Transfers objects from one hand to another
 Drops and picks up toys
1-2 years  Builds tower of three small blocks
 Puts four rings on stick
 Places five pegs in pegboard
 Turns pages two or three of a book at a time
 Scribbles
 Turns knobs
 Paints with whole arm movement, shifts hands, makes strokes
 Self-feeds with minimal assistance
 Able to use signing to communicate
 Brings spoon to mouth
 Holds and drinks from cup independently
2-3 years  Strings four large beads
 Turns single pages of a book
 Snips with scissors
 Holds crayon with thumb and fingers (not fist)
 Uses one hand consistently in most activities
 Imitates circular, vertical, and horizontal strokes
 Paints with some wrist action, makes dots, lines, circular strokes
 Rolls, pounds, squeezes, and pulls playdough
 Eats without assistance
3-4 years  Builds tower of nine small blocks
 Copies circle
 Imitates cross
 Manipulates clay material (rolls balls, makes snakes, cookies)
 Uses non-dominant hand to assist and stabilize the use of objects
 Snips paper using scissors
4-5 years  Cuts on line continuously
 Copies cross
 Copies square
 Writes name
 Writes numbers 1-5
 Copies letters
 Handedness is well established
 Dresses and undresses independently
5-6 years  Cuts out simple shapes
 Copies triangle
 Colors within lines
 Uses a 3 fingered grasp of pencil and uses fingers to generate movement
 Pastes and glues appropriately
 Can draw basic pictures
6-7 years  Forms most letters and numbers correctly
 Writes consistently on the lines
 Demonstrates controlled pencil movement
 Good endurance for writing
 Can build Lego, K’nex and other blocks independently
 Ties shoelaces independently
7-8 years  Maintains legibility of handwriting for entirety of a story
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