Fine Motor Development Guide
3 Months
- Hands close reflexively when touched in the palm
- Hands are loose
- Attempts to contact a toy
5 Months
- Fingers scratch on table
- Actively grasps and holds onto a rattle
- Holds a cracker
6 Months
- Palmar grasp on a block
- Rakes at a cheerio with whole hand
- Brings objects to mouth
8 Months
- Inferior scissor grasp
- Radial palmar grasp on a block
- Rakes at a cheerio with the index finger side of the hand
- Holds bottle to drink
- Transfers objects from hand to hand
10 Months
- Radial digital grasp on a block
- Inferior pincer grasp developing
- Scissor grasp is developed
- Grasps a cheerio promptly
- Pokes or points with index finger
- Able to drop objects
12 Months
- Neat pincer grasp
13 Months
- Holds a crayon with the whole hand, thumb up
- Able to throw a ball
- Feeds self with a spoon with spilling
- Drinking from a cup with spilling
2 – 2 1/2 Years
- Holds a crayon with thumb and all fingers, with thumb pointed down
- Pours from cup to cup
- Stabs food with a fork
- Snips paper with scissors
3 Years
- Can build a tower of 10 blocks
- Holds a crayon with fingers
- Turns pages in a book one by one
- Eats with fork and spoon with no help
- Copies lines and circle on paper
- Cuts paper in half
4 Years
- Can catch with hands and body
- Uses a pencil with a static tripod grasp
- When cutting, turns paper to adjust for shape
5 Years
- Can throw and catch using just hands
- Uses a dynamic tripod grasp on a pencil
- Able to copy a triangle
