4 Apr 2009, 11:14pm
Development:
by Finisterre

Fine motor activity ideas for 1 to 2 year olds

I was given this list by an occupational therapist, to help me think of activities for Talia, and thought others might find it helpful.


The skills listed below gradually develop somewhere between 1 year and 2 years of age. However, if there are concerns, a child’s development of fine motor skills can be further assessed by an Occupational Therapist with individual suggestions made.
12- 18 MONTHS
Drawing
•    Holds a crayon like a dagger.
•    Scribbles - at first copies, then spontaneously.
•    Draws a line then scribbles over it.
Toys
•    Pushes a small car.
•    Turns pages of a cardboard book.
•    Puts rings a onto peg in no order of size.
•    Puts large pegs (then small pegs) into a pegboard.
•    Puts a circle into a formboard.
•    Builds a tower of two to four blocks.
Matching skills
•    Matches four common objects eg. cup, spoon.
Grasp-release skills
•    Picks up and accurately places very small objects eg. currants
•    Unwraps a toy in paper.
•    Tips objects out of a bottle.
•    Can hold two blocks in one hand
•    Opens a small box to get a toy.
•    Puts disc (eg coin) into a slot (or money box/posting box)
•    Uses a stick to reach a distant object.

18 MONTHS- 2 YEARS
Drawing
•    Copies a vertical line ( | )
Toys
•    Puts circle, square, triangle into a formboard
•    Puts nesting cups together.
•    Tries to open and shut scissors using two hands.
•    Squeezes, rolls and pounds playdoh.
•    Turns pages of a book one at a time.
Blocks
•    Copies pushing a block train.
•    Builds a tower of six to seven blocks.
Beads
•    Puts 2.5cm beads onto plastic tubing or shoelace.
Matching Skills
•    Matches a picture to an object eg. cup, spoon, bed, dress, car etc
•    Points to five body parts on self or a doll.
•    Points to parts of objects or picture eg. nose on girl, wheel on car etc.
Grasp-Release Skills
•    Tries to fold paper
•    Stirs around edge of a .cup with a spoon
•    Pulls lid back on a box or container
•    Unscrews a 7.5cm lid or barrel
•    Finds a toy seen hidden under one of three cups.

27 Apr 2009, 11:03am
by natalie


Great to see this sort of info on your website.. its very informative and Im sure parents with or without prem babies would appreciate it!
Talia has grown up so much now, good to see she is healthy :)

Nat
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