Fine motor skills in 2 year olds

through holes punched on a ‘board and roll and flick marbles more accurately. It becomes possible for them to put together jigsaw puzzels with four or five pieces. Paper-folding skills improve to the extent that six year olds are able to fold and crease a sheet of paper vertically; horizontally and diagonally.

Colouring and drawing are usually favourite activities. Stringing beads and paper cutting hold the preschool child’s attention too. In the Blocks that follow you will read more about the kind of activities children enjoy in preshool years as a result of further development of motor skills.

The preschool years are the time when children become increasingly proficient in