Preschool Language Art Standards: Fine Motor Skills

In order for a child to become a fluent reader and writer, he must become competent at the skills in each of our Language Arts Standards. There are five main groups of Language Arts Standards: Fine Motor Skills, Auditory Skills, Visual Skills, Thinking/Conceptual, and Language.

This blog entry will cover the Academic Standards that fall under the Fine Motor Skills category.

Eye-Hand Coordination

Tracing - Tracing should always be done left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Left-to-right progression (the way that we write) is a habit that must be formed, and it should be formed correctly from the beginning.

Pasting 

Cutting

Hand Strength and Coordination - Zippers, buttons, locks and keys, peg boards, play dough.

Tactile Differentiation

Lacing

Pencil Skills - Writing name, coloring and drawing.

Fine Motor Skills are just one small part of preschool language arts. We have broken Fine Motor Skills into eight standards:


Eye-Hand Coordination
Tracing
Pasting
Cutting
Hand Strength and Coordination
Tactile Differentiation
Lacing
Pencil Skills


In our classroom, each lesson, game or classroom material has been intentionally planned and placed in the room to fulfill our Academic Content Standards.