Fine Motor Skills

Skill Definition

Encompasses the abilities required to control the smaller muscles of the body generally found in the hands.

Child’s Benefit

A crucial ability required to experience and learn about the world. As example, holding a pencil, crayon or fork requires basic fine motor skills.

Gross Motor Skills

Skill Definition

A crucial part of a child's large muscle motor development.

Child’s Benefit

Coordination of larger muscles movements. Necessary for crawling and head lifting in infants, and synchronization of large muscle skills in toddlers.

Hand Eye Coordination

Skill Definition

The coordination of vision and hand movement to execute a task.

Child’s Benefit

A period of trial-and-error practice at sighting objects and grabbing at them. Builds abilities to be accurate and precise in conjunction with motor skills.

Visual Sensory Development

Skill Definition

Using various shapes, bright colors and high contrast patterns to develop eyesight and focus.

Child’s Benefit

The utilization of vision works with other senses to develop an understanding of our environment.