Fine Motor Skills

• Pre-Writing Skills
• Writing Skills
• Using scissors
• Manipulative skills

Areas we treat:

• Finger, hand strength, positions and stability
• Pencil grip and control
• Copying shapes
• Wrist or forearm control
• Fluency/finger movements
• Spatial organization (space and letter formation)
• Quality of work
• Visual perception skills
• Speed and dexterity
• Tweezers, scissors, finger isolated movements

What to look out for in your child:

• No interest in fine motor skills
• Gross pencil grasp
• Poor scissor skills
• Clumsy grasp and release skills
• Difficulty holding small objects, manipulating tools, pencils or scissors
• Unable to complete mazes, dot-to-dots, etc
• Difficulty copying text from whiteboard or blackboard