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Fine Motor Skills Checklist
Fine Motor Skills Checklist
Instructions: Answer all questions up to your childs current age bracket, by answering yes or
no.
Interpretation: If you tick 2 or more boxes with a yes seek therapy or contact Kid Sense Child
Development on 1300 660 067.
Does your child have difficulty with:
Age
Skill
Yes
No
0 -6 months
6-12 months
childdevelopment.com.au
Ph 1300 66 00 67
Age
Skill
Yes
No
1-2 years
Turning knobs.
Painting using whole arm movements to make strokes.
Eating independently (minimal assistance ok).
Signing to communicate wants and needs.
Bringing a spoon to mouth.
Holding and drinking from cup independently.
Picking up small objects with thumb and one finger.
Putting shapes into a shape sorter without assistance.
Stringing 3-4 large beads.
Building a tower of 3-5 small blocks.
Copying a simple sequence of coloured blocks in a tower.
Turning single pages in a book.
2-3 years
childdevelopment.com.au
Ph 1300 66 00 67
Age
Skill
Yes
No
3-4 years
shoes
4-5 years
childdevelopment.com.au
Ph 1300 66 00 67
Age
Skill
Yes
No
5-6 years
Holding a pencil with a 3pt grasp and generate movement from fingers.
Writing on the lines.
With pencil control.
With endurance for writing tasks.
Building Lego, knex and other blocks.
Using knife and fork for soft foods.
Drawing detailed pictures with recognisable objects.
Tying shoelaces.
childdevelopment.com.au
Ph 1300 66 00 67
Age
Skill
Yes
No
Writing neatly.
Holding a pencil with a 3pt grasp and generate movement from fingers.
Maintain legibility of handwriting for entirety of a story.
Cutting neatly around shapes.
7-8 years
childdevelopment.com.au
Ph 1300 66 00 67