Annie Wade- OTR/L

As your baby grows into the toddler stage, you will probably notice that he or she is interacting with toys and the environment in new ways all of the time! During these toddler years, a child’s fine motor skills start to become more refined! Listed below are some of the fine motor skills your child will start to develop during ages 1-3!

12 Months

• At 12 months, child is able to pick up and release small objects using the thumb and tip of index finger together
• Bang two objects together

15 Months

• At 15 months, child is able to point with index finger

18 Months

• At 18 months, child scribbles spontaneously on paper (without adult demonstrating) with their whole arm involved in movement of drawing

12-24 Months

• At 12-24 months, child will hold writing utensils with all fingers wrapped around crayon and thumb pointing towards ceiling

24-36 Months

• At 24-36 months, child can turn pages of a thick book one at a time
• Child holds writing utensils with fingers wrapped around crayon and thumb towards paper
• Child will then start to hold crayon with thumb, index finger, and middle finger holding crayon and pointed toward paper and 4th and 5th finger are wrapped around at top of writing utensil
• Can stack 10 blocks in a tower
• Begins to unbutton large buttons
• Can zip jacket up and down, but needs help with joining sides of zipper together

It’s important to know these are just a few of many fine motor skills a child is developing during this time. Look for a future post about activities to develop these skills! Have questions about your child’s fine motor skills? Contact Hogg Therapy Associates today to determine if an evaluation is the right step for your child! You can call us at 859-353-3666 ext.4

Information taken from: https://www.choc.org/userfiles/file/Rehab-Developmental%20Milestones%20final.pdf