Motor Skills
Use this form to analyze a child's abilities in the following areas: play, self-help, self-concept, social, language/communication, motor, dispositions, problem solving, math, and literacy.
18 months through 5 years. Print these as a handy reference to monitor your child's development!
This form examines all aspects of a child's physical development (age 1-24 months), including physical characteristics as well as fine and gross motor skills.
This is a list of different blocks that can be used to test gross motor skills. It lists sizes, shapes and materials the blocks can be made from. It also lists accessories that can be used for the tests.
Fine Motor Materials
Small building toys
Art Materials
Manipulatives
Puzzles
Many of a child's daily activities- like getting dressed, eating and writing- require control of small muscles in the hand. Such skills are called fine motor skills. When children have opportunities to practice these skills, they can do more for themselves. The activities listed on these pages can fine tune a child's fine motor skills.
Powerpoint presentation with information about fine and gross motor skills:
- Postral Control / Strength
- Kinesthesia / Proprioception
- Bilateral Coordination
- Motor Planning / Sequential Processing
- Motor activities to help the kids attend and focus
- Motor skill development
- Scissor skills
- Fine motor skills
- Activities for fine motor coordination
- Fine motor coordination activities
- Pre-writing / visual motor
- Sequence of handwriting development
