{"id":443,"date":"2021-10-02T06:30:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T22:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/?p=443"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T08:45:57","slug":"fine-motor-developmental-milestones-from-birth-to-age-6-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/2021\/10\/02\/fine-motor-developmental-milestones-from-birth-to-age-6-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Motor Developmental Milestones: From Birth to Age 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Flowers-Photo-Mothers-Day-Facebook-Post.png\" alt=\"Flowers Photo Mother's Day Facebook Post\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Flowers Photo Mother's Day Facebook Post\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>How often do you need to use your hand in everyday life?\ud83e\uddd0\ud83d\udd90\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Almost all the time, right?<\/p>\n<p>We often take our &#8220;fine motor skills&#8221; for granted, but to achieve this level of mastery in using our hands is no easy task! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n<p>How our fine motor skills are developed can have a huge impact on our performance in self-care, learning, and even work.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on this journey to learn more about fine motor development!\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\t<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 0-6 Months<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Voluntary grasp <\/li>\n<li>Controlled reach <\/li>\n<li>Hold toy with both hands and play at midline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 6-9 Months<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Transfer objects from one hand to another\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Grasps small items (e.g. block) with first 3 fingers<\/li>\n<li>Reach and grasp for things and attempt to put into mouth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 9-12 Months<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Grasps small items(e.g. raisin) with pincer grasp (thumb and one finger)<\/li>\n<li>Flip the thick pages of board books one at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Stabilize with one hand and play toys with the other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 1-1.5 Years<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Starts to scoop up food with spoon<\/li>\n<li>Scribbles with whole arm movement<\/li>\n<li>Able to put things into containers<\/li>\n<li>Builds tower of 2-3 small blocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 1.5-2 Years<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to connect 2 pieces of building toy together steadily\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Starts to self-feed with spoon<\/li>\n<li>Turn pages 2-3 at a time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 2-3 Years<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Strings 4 large beads\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Holds crayon or marker with thumb and fingers (not fist)<\/li>\n<li>Imitates vertical, horizontal, and circular strokes<\/li>\n<li>Turns picture books one page at a time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 3-4 Years<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Builds tower of 9 small blocks<\/li>\n<li>Thread small beads<\/li>\n<li>Starts to color inside the lines<\/li>\n<li>Imitates cross; Copies circle<\/li>\n<li>Snips paper with scissors<\/li>\n<li>Holds spoon and fork with first 3 fingers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\ud83d\udd37 4-5 Years<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Cuts continuously on a line<\/li>\n<li>Copies cross, X, and square<\/li>\n<li>Starts using leaning chopsticks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Colors within lines\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Copies triangle<\/li>\n<li>Draws picture with basic geometric shapes (e.g. a house with square wall and triangle roof)<\/li>\n<li>Draws people with at least 6 body parts<\/li>\n<li>Copies numbers and letters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\tA lot of our fine motor development are built on our gross motor skills.<br \/>\nTo learn more about how to establish a solid foundation for your child&#8217;s motor development, click <a href=\"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/2021\/09\/11\/gross-motor-developmental-milestones-from-birth-to-age-6\/\">here<\/a>.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often do you need to use your hand in everyday life?\ud83e\uddd0\ud83d\udd90\ud83c\udffc Almost all the time, right? We often take our &#8220;fine motor skills&#8221; for granted, but to achieve this level of mastery in using our hands is no easy task! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffb How our fine motor skills are developed can have a huge impact on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/2021\/10\/02\/fine-motor-developmental-milestones-from-birth-to-age-6-copy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fine Motor Developmental Milestones: From Birth to Age 6<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imotclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}