Fine Motor Skills are the smaller muscles in your hands. Building these muscles is very important in early childhood. We will need our Fine Motor Skills to write, hold silverware, zip up our jacket, and button our shirt.
If you are using your hands you are using your Fine Motor Skills.
It is simple and free to help your child build their Fine Motor Skills:
Legos String Beads Pick Up Small Things Playdough
Clothes Pins Chop Sticks Tweezers Crafts
Gross Motor Skills are the BIG muscles. Your legs, abdomen, back, arms, and neck. We use our Gross Motor Skills to Run, Jump, Throw, Roll, Squat, Skip, Hop, Balance. It is simple and free to help your child build their Gross Motor Skills:
Walk Around the Block Go To the Park Ride a Trike/Bike Swing Climb Carry Groceries Fold Laundry