Small muscle development plays an important role in the growth of young children. Small muscle movements, also known as fine movements. It is a random movement composed of small muscle groups, and a series of small muscle movements constitute a coordinated small muscle motor skill. The main small muscle movements of young children are the activities of the hands, including hand-eye coordination, fingertip movements, finger flexion and extension and other local movements.
For example, in daily life and games, wearing shoes, wearing and undressing, eating, playing with toys, drawing, etc., often using some small muscle groups.
Small muscle movements are mainly children's ability to use the strength, dexterity and hand-eye coordination of the small muscles of the hands. It mainly reflects the coordination ability and control ability of the hand.
The development of children's small muscles is related to the ability to write in the future, so before discussing how old the child should hold a pen and write, you should first look at the fine movements that should be possessed at different stages. And what should we let the kindergarten children play more, so as to facilitate the development of small muscles?
Children 2-3 years old
1. Can open candy paper.
2. Be able to turn the book page by page.
3. Can turn the bottle cap open.
4. Can stack blocks.
5. Can use a rope to pass through the beads.
6. Can imitate horizontal lines, straight lines, circles, etc.
7. Try against origami.
8. Can play clay with rubbing, pounding, squeezing, pressing, pulling and other ways.
Children 3-4 years old
1. Can tighten the bottle cap.
2. Can stack more than ten small blocks.
3. Start holding pens in an adult-like way.
4. Try to color, first it is scribbled, and later it is rarely painted out of bounds.
5. Can draw crosses and slashes.
6. Can cut paper strips with scissors.
7. Be able to use the glue yourself.
Children 4-5 years old
1. Can be strung into a small bead chain.
2. Can draw squares.
3. Can draw simple pictures, such as people, houses, trees, cars, etc.
4. Can origami along a diagonal line.
5. Start doing simple clipping.
6. Can cut out simple shapes.
Children 5-6 years old
1. Can use a mallet to pound nails.
2. Can classify small beans.
3. Can tie a bow.
4. Can use pencil sharpener.
5. Can draw straight lines with a ruler.
6. Can use an eraser and will not tear the paper.
7. Coloring is rarely out of bounds.
8. Can draw diamonds and triangles.
9. Can accurately fold the paper in half, and then fold in half.
10. Can cut out irregular graphics.
11. Be able to copy numbers and simple Chinese and English characters, such as large and P.
The development of small muscle exercise is very important for young children, children's life is not only learning, but also sports and games, home should pay attention to the cultivation of children's small muscle development, so that children can grow up healthy and happy.