Fine motor skills and early comprehension of the world: Two new school readiness indicators. Developmental Psychology , 46, 1008-17. doi: 10.1037/a0020104 Murrah, W. (chair) (2013).

These skills actually begin during infancy, starting with reflexes. Later, not only do fine motor skills help children to be successful in school, but they're important in day-to-day life ...

There are two main categories, health visitor Kerry Bennett explains. “ Fine motor skills and gross motor skills develop at different stages as your child grows,” says Kerry.

Replication in independent samples, using different developmental tests of fine motor skills is a strength of this study and underscores the potential importance of the findings.

Zip, Zip, Zoom Morgan introduced several activities that can help children strengthen their fine motor skills, including the "Zip, Zip, Zoom" technique. "This is a developmental thing," she said.

This study examined the contribution of executive function (EF) and multiple aspects of fine motor skills to achievement on 6 standardized assessments in a sample of middle-socioeconomic status ...

The pandemic’s role in delayed fine motor skills It’s easy to blame the pandemic for this decrease in fine motor skills. A study of over 250 babies born in the first year of the pandemic found ...

Disentangling fine motor skills’ relation to academic achievement: The relative contributions of visual-spatial integration and visual-motor coordination. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 174, 514 ...

Fine motor skills are an important developmental milestone. If a child appears to be having trouble manipulating small objects, experts recommend talking to a pediatrician to have an evaluation.