Intervention w 

Mrs Storer 

What are fine motor skills?

Fine motor skills refer to precision, dexterity, and coordination of the hands. These are the skills that allow us to use our hands to manipulate materials like pencils, containers, clothing fasteners, and little objects. There is so much more to it, though! Areas of development like bilateral coordination, pinch and grip strength, separation of the sides of the hand, arch development, finger isolation, thumb web space, and opposition all play a role in refined use of the fingers and hands. 

Fine Motor Skills impact function and hand use in small motor tasks. The hands play an important role in most occupations that we perform. From writing, to tying, getting dressed, feeding oneself. Most of our day to day tasks involve using our hands. So, when fine motor control and dexterity impacts functional performance, it can be a reason to work on motor control of the hands. 

During Term 1 and 2  Resurrection students from Grade Prep, 2, 3 and 4 have participated in the fine motor skill intervention program run by Mrs. Storer on Monday and Friday. Students get to participate in a number of fun and engaging activities that help fine motor control, strength and coordination. These activities can help students improve handwriting, pencil grips and increase confidence within the classroom.  

Have a look below at some of the pictures below to see what these students get up to in Term 2! 

Mrs. Storer 

Physical Intervention Teacher