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Begin children coloring by age 2, your two-year-old has just started enthusiastically running, jumping and -- yes -- saying "No!"
Running and jumping are good for their development. It is important to recognize the the need for fine motor skill development -- especially young boys who tend to have difficulty sitting still to color.
Fine motor skills include precise thumb, finger, hand, and wrist movements that are practiced through tracing, scribbling, painting, cutting and pasting.
Create art with crayons. Random scribbles come first, and then circular scribbles will emerge! Try flat and vertical surfaces. For a good sensory experience, use sticks to draw in sand on warm days or in the snow during the winter.
Your child will begin to complete 2- 3 piece puzzles with guidance. If your child has a favorite picture, paste it onto heavy cardboard, and then cut it into a few simple pieces. Puzzles are a great way to help your child develop coordination of visual and motor skills.
Kids love to stack. Help your child lea to stack blocks, empty thread spools, raison boxes, sponges, or small containers. Tochallenge your child’s fine motor movements, stack items that are small enough to fit in your child’shands. This is great for hand-eye coordination, as well as grasp and release movements.
If your child loves story time, make it as interactive as possible, whilerefining your child‚ hand movements. Help your child learn to open a book, turn a few pages, and then turn only one page at a time.
Play dough or silly putty is a great way to increase your child‚ hand and finger strength. It is also a great way to introduce a new sensory experience. Help your child pinch, squeeze, poke, and roll the dough. Easy recipes for play dough can be found on the inteet.
At this age, your child is beginning to use both hands to play. Let your child carry empty plastic bowls, or two large apples or oranges so they use two hands at once. This helps increase bilateral hand use and strength.
No doubt your child loves to pick up small objects. They might use their whole hand at first, and then will lea to use their thumb and fingers to pick up objects. Give your child cheerios, raisins, or marshmallows to help lea to use a pinch-like grasp. Make sure to supervise your child, to avoid choking.
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