Visual Motor Coordination
Visual Motor Coordination
The last two weeks my posts focused on the graphomotor skills visual perception and motor planning. Remember graphomotor skills are a specific set of skills necessary to write by hand. This week we will focus on visual motor coordination.
Visual motor coordination is matching our motor output to what is seen. This is part of eye-hand coordination that begins very early in life. Visual motor coordination also includes our ability to process the information around us by observing and recognizing forms, shapes, and figures.
Visual motor coordination skills build upon one another. This means that children need to master one skill to grow into the next. When we rush children to do things they are unprepared for, they miss out on essential skills. Here are a few examples of visual-motor coordination milestones:
3 months- extends hand to reach for a toy while lying on back
6 months- brings hands together to grasp toy while sitting assisted on the lap of an adult
12 months- turns pages in a board book
20 months- builds by stacking 4-5 blocks
28 months- can string 2 beads
Below are links to activities to help the children in your program grow their visual motor coordination skills:
