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You may recall that when your baby is a baby, the control of his arms and hands begins with reaching for objects, punching or slapping objects of interest with the palm of his hand, and when he grasps small objects, he is likely to close his fingers and hold the objects in the palm of his hand...
The baby's fine motor ability refers to the coordination of the hands and fingers when handling small objects.
This is an important skill, eating and dressing and other daily life is inseparable from it, after exercise, slowly it will develop into an advanced skill such as writing and cutting.
From clumsiness to flexibility, the child develops in exercise, exercises in development, and if you look closely, you can find the development of the child's fine hand movements.
1. In the early stages of the child's hand development, all the fingers of the baby are moving at the same time, but he will soon learn to move different fingers separately;
2. By the time he is 12 months old, he already has the ability to pinch and pick up small objects with the tips of his thumb and index finger, which is one of the first fine motor abilities mastered by infants, and during this period, through the touch, grip and manipulation of objects by hand, infants can receive sensory information and can help him understand the characteristics of objects in his hand;
3. By about 15 months, the baby begins to have more advanced hand movement skills, for example, he can pinch breakfast cereals, and then twist the grain particles from the fingertips to the palm of the hand, this period should also pay attention to prevent the baby from picking up dangerous items that can make him suffocate;
4. At about 18 months, the baby can use a spoon to scoop his own food to eat;
5. When the baby reaches the age of 24 months, the baby can hold the crayon in a fist-clenching posture and color it with the help of the movement of the whole arm, and the advanced hand movements required in future studies are developed on the basis of these movements.
6. At the age of 24-30 months, when you put on and undress him, he may operate a simple zipper and button by himself, at this time, parents should try to encourage him, let him undo the big buttons himself, maybe you still have a hard time imagining what the baby will look like after school, but time flies, he will soon reach school age.
It is clear that fine motor skills are an extremely important skill for admission. We know that children will use the ability to fine movement from morning to night after school, and the difference between children of the same age who are usually not noticed is revealed. So, letting your baby play fine motor training games from now on can increase his chances of excelling in class.
Not only that, the exercise of fine movements, accompanied by the development of children's perception, attention, and hand-eye-brain coordination, is an important indicator to evaluate the development of children.
There is a saying that "the activity of the fingers is the gymnastics of the brain", the exercise of fine movements, but also will play a role in exercising the brain of infants and young children, accelerate the establishment of brain neural networks, exercise more areas of the brain, therefore, it is very necessary to train hand strength and flexibility during the age of 1-3 years.
There are dozens of actions that human hands can complete, such as grasping, holding, stretching, bending, supporting, twisting, twisting, tearing, pushing, scratching, pulling, tapping, pressing, digging, playing, clapping, pinching, wearing, wiping, shooting, shaking, winding, rotating and so on.
The following game program helps to promote the development of fine motor skills, and parents who do not know how to help their children exercise must learn it!
Game 1: Pinch game
Pinch the clothespin and clip it to the edge of a small cardboard box or other container, which is a great way to increase the strength of the tiny muscles in your baby's hand, then find several different colors of colored tape, take a small piece of each and wrap it around one end of the clothespin, and then take a small piece of each one and paste it on the edge of the container. This becomes a fun matchmaking game that your baby will love.
Game 2: Finger Drawing
Children like to graffiti on the wall, we may wish to find a large white paper, paste it on the outer wall, such as the outer wall of the garage or resting table, ask the baby to dip the finger paint with the index finger, imitating you to draw simple lines and basic shapes.
Game 3: Spray Game
Find a spray bottle, fill it with water, and then encourage your baby to use it to help you clean the countertops, such as wiping the table. The action of squeezing the spray bottle wrench can exercise the muscle strength of your baby's index finger.
Game 4: Pinch bubbles
Find a piece of plastic bubble wrap for packaging, show the baby how to pinch the bubbles, which is also a good way to exercise the muscle strength of the thumb and index finger, the sound of "meowing" is very interesting, the baby will definitely smile when he hears this sound, it is estimated that you will also like to play, very decompression.
Game 5: Kids Tweezers
There's a kind of children's tweezers, which can usually be bought in early education or homeopathic supply stores, and it has a variety of fun ways to play that babies will love. For example, let your baby use tweezers to pick up small bricks and put them into various containers; or encourage him to count while sandwiching blocks, and stack them on top of each other to form a tower, the faster the better. Pinching and opening forceps strengthens the small muscles of the hand and improves the flexibility of the hand.
Game 6: Tear paper
Provide your baby with different types of colored paper, such as art paper, facial tissue paper, etc., with your help, your baby can paste small pieces of paper onto a large cardboard to create his own artistic masterpiece. This game not only strengthens the small muscles of your baby's hands, but also exercises your baby's ability to work with both hands.
Strong fine motor skills help to lay a solid foundation for learning the skills you need later in life, including correct pen grip, writing, drawing, and the use of safe scissors for children. The results of fine motor exercises directly determine the level of children's ability to operate. The reason for the baby's fine motor dysplasia is closely related to the early game training of the child by the caregiver, so we should interact with the baby more in this stage, do not let the child look at the mobile phone every day at such a young age, and create a good development condition for the child.