The development of fine motor skills is important for all students to develop, but is especially important for students who are visually impaired and blind, as they rely on their hands to learn about their world. Tactile Collective creates Fine Motor Resource Kits (available here) so teachers and families can implement these skills with ease into a students weekly program.
Fine motor skills include palmar grasp, grasp with thumb and fingers, pincer grasp, release, rotary motion, finger isolation, bilateral hand use, hand and finger strength, proper finger position, light touch, and tactual tracking skills.
It is important to play with and manipulate a variety of toys and materials that are tactually interesting and to talk to the student about what they are feeling. Fine motor skills become refined through practice and participating in activities that require manipulation of hands and fingers.
Some great simple activities include; screwing rods, peg boards, tunnel blocks, shape sorter, duplo lego, threading beads, snap lock beads, pegging, cutting, etc.
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