Fine/Visual Motor Skills

I have paired fine motor and visual motor skills together as they impact each other, as well as almost every aspect of a child's education.

Fine motor skills refer to the development of hand skills, including strength, dexterity, and coordination. In the school setting, fine motor skills impact such areas as manipulation of school tools, opening containers, cutting, handwriting, computer use.

Visual motor skills refer to the ability to interpret and coordinate movements with the visual information that a person is receiving.  This impacts many areas of education, including but not limited to the ability to complete puzzles, mazes, art projects and/or construction activities, produce legible handwriting, complete worksheets, copy from near or far, cutting, and/or ball activities.

Below are links for information about and ideas to help fine motor and visual motor skills.

Topics in Occupational Therapy

Fine/Visual Motor Activities

Eye Can Learn

Ian's Shoelace Site

Disclaimer
The information presented in this web site is provided as a source for educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for physician or therapist evaluation or treatment by a healthcare professional.

Hand Skill Development (pdf file)

Fine Motor Activities (pdf file)

Functional Fine Motor Activities (pdf file)

PreSchool Fine Motor Skills (pdf file)

File Fine_Motor_Activities_K_to_Gr_2.pdf (pdf file)

Putty Exercises (pdf file)

Hand Strengthening Activities (doc file)

OT Strategies for Visual Perception Defecits (pdf file)

Visual Motor Activities (pdf file)

Scissor Skills Development (pdf file)

Developing Cutting Skills (doc file)

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