I still remember a question that the pediatric nurse asked me in a routine review of my son, I think I remember that of the 6 months: 'Have you observed if your child makes movements with the thumb and forefinger as a clamp?'I couldn't help letting out a laugh, because I had been fascinated with that gesture in my son for some time. Sometimes he even seemed to want to catch something floating in the air with his fingers he himself watched with curiosity that new movement of his hands.
He had gone from holding the objects with his full hand to making more precise gestures, which already required some skill. Now he was attracted to smaller objects and tried to catch even the fluff with that newly discovered 'tool-clamp' that your thumb and index had become.
A very natural clamp
Something that as a first-time mother had me absorbed, I soon discovered that It is part of the child's psychomotor development and, that like the rest of the physical, cognitive, social or emotional development requires learning, that we parents can facilitate in a fun way.
The development of fine motor skills, the one that refers to voluntary and precise movements that require some coordination, which have to do with the grips or grips of objects, It's fundamental for further learning in school and for the full development of the child.
Since about 6 months, we can stimulate the baby through play, remember, always in a fun way, so that you acquire certain skills in this field.
10 activities to develop fine motor skills
• Play with clothespins holding a cloth or cardboard • Tear paper or cut it with blunt-tipped scissors (older children) • Teach to pick up pencils or paints properly to color more accurately • Work texture materials soft like plasticine • Allow them to manipulate certain foods they can eat alone • Squeeze dry leaves of trees • Shred special papers of different textures and create figures with them • Stack objects or make constructions • Fit pieces in their corresponding hole • Press keys of instruments or toys
10 examples of the infinite tasks that it will allow them to acquire a certain skill with their hands, while discovering the richness of the world of which they are part.
Fisher-Price, aware of the importance of fine motor skills in the integral development of the baby, provides us with some tools, with which our child can learn in a fun way, while helping him develop at the motor level.
Toys like the Crocodile Surprise Blocks or the Children's Blocks, with pieces that you can stack or fit and toys that require some skill in their use such as the Rhinoceros of Activities or My Talking Computer are just 4 examples of the variety of toys that can be found Practical in this facet of child development.
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