Fine motor skills involve the use of the
smaller muscle of the hands, such as when doing up buttons, opening lunch boxes
or using pencils or scissors. Fine motor skill efficiency significantly
influences the quality of the task outcome as well as the speed of task
performance. Efficient fine motor skills require a number of independent skills
to occur simultaneously to appropriately manipulate the object or perform the
task.
Fine motor skills are essential for performing
everyday skills like self care tasks (e.g. clothing fastenings, opening lunch
boxes, cleaning teeth, using cutlery) and academic skills (e.g. pencil skills
of drawing, writing and colouring, as well as cutting and pasting). Without the
ability to complete these every day tasks, a child’s self esteem can suffer and
their academic performance is compromised. They may also be unable to develop
appropriate independence in life skills (such as getting dressed and feeding
themselves).
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