Development of Grasp and Fine Motor Skills A child needs to have well-developed hand use, grasps and fine motor skills in order to control a pencil accurately. Check to see whether the child is able to: grasp objects with their whole hand manipulate objects File Size: 1MB. physical growth in the child. As we look below at the development of different grasps and drawing skills we can observe that there is a natural progression as the child’s fine motor skills develop. The complexity of the drawing skills increases as the child develops more control over the pencil or crayon in his or her hand. The child transitions to holding the crayon or marker with the whole hand while the pointer finger (“digit”) points to the tip and the forearm rotates to point down toward the paper (“pronated”). This is considered a “transitional” grasp and is typically present when little ones .
Grasps a rattle!! Laughs!! Soothed by parent’s voice! Orients head to direction of a voice! 6 mos.! Sits with little or no support!! Reaches with one hand!! Transfers objects!! Babbles!! Developing stranger anxiety! Feeds self! 9 mos.! Pulls to stand!! Says “mama/dada” Developing immature pincer grasp!! Waves bye-bye Bangs two objects. As soon as your child can hold a mark maker using the thumb, pointer and middle finger only start to reinforce a good tripod grasp. Children easily develop bad habits and it is much harder to break these habits once they become established. It is important to use a tripod grasp . Develops eye-hand coordination months Achieve mobility, strong urge to climb, crawl Stands and walks Learn to walk on his or her own Learns to grasp with thumb and finger Feeds self Transfers small objects from one hand to another Emotional/Social: Wants to have needs met Develop a .

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