What Is the Purpose of Developing Fine Motor Skills?

From Childhood to Adulthood

• By interacting with your environment, as a child you learn how to manipulate the physical characteristics of your surroundings and coordinate perceptual and motor information, a skill you need and use all your life.

Social Interaction

• The way you move, including how you walk, sit or exercise, defines how you make your way through society. Fine motor skills are involved in every aspect of movement.

Vocational Use

• Many careers require the use of strong fine motor skills, such as dentistry, carpentry and secretarial work.

Academic Necessity

• Fine motor skills are an asset in the classroom, where you use them to write and complete tasks. The more smoothly these actions are completed, the easier it is for you to learn.

Psychological Balance

• Poor performance in physical activities due to a lack in fine motor skills can have lasting psychological consequences for you.