The concept of “fine motor skills” can be replaced by “dexterity of the fingers,” that is, the child’s ability to produce targeted coordinated movements with the fingers and even toes, performing delicate work. An example of such motility is assembling small parts, knitting, buttoning, lacing shoes and many other actions.
Some may ask: why develop it? The kid will grow up and will learn to shoe, dress, and knitting does not need him at all. The point here is not in knitting, but in the fact that in the fingers of people there are many nerve endings that transmit any received signal to the corresponding parts of the brain. Even a simple stroke of your baby’s palm will not go unnoticed by his brain. The more diverse signals he receives, the faster many of his abilities will develop. The development of fine motor skills has a direct impact on how quickly and how correctly the child begins to talk. It turns out that in our brain the centers that are responsible for speech and for the movement of the fingers are located very close, that is, one affects the other.
The development of fine motor skills should begin from the first days of the baby's life.
This is done with the help of caring mother's hands. The crumbs need several times a day for a minute or two to stroke their fingers and palms, while pronouncing affectionate words. In the future, the massage procedure is brought up to five minutes. Flexion and extension of the fingers are gradually added to stroking. In addition to such a simple exercise for the development of fine motor skills, you can use the so-called mamabuses. Mom puts this jewelry made of large wooden beads on her neck during feeding, and the baby with interest fingers them.
When a child grows up to five to seven months, you can add elements of the game to the process of finger gymnastics. Everyone knows the magpie-crow crow, which cooked delicious porridge, and fed small children. During these words, the mother moves her finger in the palm of the baby. At the words "this gave" one finger is bent. And so on to the last finger. At such an age, it is useful to give the child various objects in his hands, explaining their elementary meaning or property. For example, a handkerchief. It is soft, it can be twisted and squeezed. They wipe their nose. Or a spoon (wooden). She is hard and warm. She eats porridge. Comb for combing. A child of six or seven months really likes to “comb” both himself and his mother.
By the year, the development of fine motor skills can be carried out with the help of simple toys, such as pyramids, cubes, tablets with wooden carnations, on which the baby will cling to the rings.
By the year and a half, the game for the development of fine motor skills needs to be complicated by adding plasticine modeling, braid, and lacing to them. It is advisable to take plasticine specially designed for such young children. He does not stick to the skin of his hands, does not get dirty. At the age of one and a half to two years, you can attract a child to classes with cereals. This does not mean that it must be planted to sort out a bag of buckwheat. Exercises with cereals and beans are held in a playful way. Beans are transferred from one jar to another. Grains pour out on a tray or a large plate and the child draws different figures in it with his fingers . Another option - a small object is hidden in the croup and the child is invited to find it. At home in everyday life you can find many items for developing motor skills games with a child. These are clothes pegs that need to be tied to a rope, and handkerchiefs that should be hidden in a fist, and buttons that need to be put into heaps by color or size.
In addition to such ordinary things you can buy various games. There are a great many of them, for each age their own. Simple and complex labyrinths of wires with beads, mosaics, puzzles, plastic and metal designers, lacing books. Timely and proper development of fine motor skills will help your child learn to speak faster, easier to master the writing technique, more freely express their thoughts, which means it is easier to adapt to school and continue to show good results in learning.