Fine motor skill in pre- school

Ellen says: Fine motor skills generally refer to the small movements of the hands, wrists, fingers, feet, toes, lips, and tongue.

It is the most delicate tasks of preschool children, such as handling silverware, tying shoelaces and even a simple writing. It represent more challenge than most of the gross motor activities learned during this period of development. The central nervous system is still in the process of maturing for complex messages from the brain to get to the child's fingers. In addition, small muscles tire more easily than large ones, and the short, stubby fingers of preschoolers make delicate or complicated tasks more difficult. Finally, gross motor skills call for energy, which is boundless in preschoolers, while fine motor skills require patience, which is in shorter supply. There is considerable variation in fine motor development among this age group.

Rallione my little boy, thought yet is a gifted but still he needs more time to develop his fine motor skills... So I bought him a dot to dot book in order for him to have more practice in handling pencil. Helping a child succeed in fine motor tasks requires planning, time, and a variety of play materials.