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Videotaping
the child's fine-motor skills
Why is it important to videotape the
fine-motor skills?
The
fine-motor skills require use of hands and fingers as well as eye/finger/hand
coordination in grasping and manipulating objects.
It's essential
to see how a child's small muscles of the fingers, face, and eyes
are developed.
What to record?
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The child is
1 year old
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The ability of a child to coordinate fine movements.
Stimulate the child to:
- Pick up small objects
- Manipulate objects, put them in and out of
a container
- Stack 2-3 objects
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The child is
2 years old
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Stimulate the child to:
- Unwrap a small toy
- Feed self, drink from a cup with little help
- Put clothes on or take it off with the help
- Manipulate objects, put them in and out of
a container
- Stack 4-6 objects on top of one another
- Offer the child 2-3 toys at once and record
how he/she handles them
- Offer the child to look at a picture book
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The child is
3 years old
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Stimulate the child to:
- Button/unbutton large buttons
- Dress/undress with or without help
- Throw a ball
- Catch a ball
- Draw something with crayons, markers
- Turn pages in a book
- Feed self, drink from a cup without help
- Wash and dry hands, brush own teeth
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The child is
4 years old
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Stimulate the child to:
- Build a tower with 10 or more blocks
- Form shapes and objects out of clay
- Paint or draw a picture
- Eat using the utensils
- Dress self and lace shoes
- Catch a large ball
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The child is
5 years old
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Stimulate the child to:
- Build a structure using the cubes copying
from the picture or a model
- Draw shapes like circle, square, triangle
- Reproduce some letters the child knows
- Cut out a simple shape drawn on the paper
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