Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are the ability to use the smaller muscles of the hand and wrist to make movements. Fine motor skills are important for a child to allow them to complete self care tasks such as buttoning clothes, fastening zips and feeding. Fine motor skills are also important for school related tasks such as handwriting and using scissors. 

Below we explore the different skills needed to develop and refine fine motor skills and activities that can be completed to develop each skill.