Fine Motor Skills

Fine Motor Skills involve the use of precise and coordinated movements of the fingers to perform hand use tasks. Fine motor skills are necessary for completing daily tasks such as dressing (using buttons/zippers), feeding (using mealtime utensils), being a student (using a pencil, keyboard, or scissors), and leisure/play activities (drawing, playing many musical instruments). 

Clothespins

The use of clothespins provide opportunities for the development of foundational skills required for scissor use, pencil grasp, and other tool use. Through the use of clothespin task resources and handouts, the following will be encouraged:

• Resistance and strengthening 
• Development of the arches of the hand
• Skilled control of the radial fingers (thumb, index, and middle fingers)
• Stabilization of the ulnar fingers (ring and little fingers)