Certain fundamental skills need to be developed before a child even picks up a pencil. These include the skills described in these sections: finger isolation eye-hand coordination hand arches bilateral coordination upper body strength in-hand manipulation
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During this first year of life, most infants are working on fundamental movement skills such as head control, rolling, coming to sit, learning to crawl, then cruising and eventually walking. Their hands are evolving from a primarily fisted position to reaching toward objects and touching them, then putting things in their mouths and transferring objects between hands. They are learning to grasp with all fingers together, and by age one most will be able to grasp with just a thumb and index finger (pincer grasp). They can also throw a ball and other objects, drop and pick up toys, and feed themselves finger foods. Here is what is important during this first year:
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1 to 2 years
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2 to 3 years
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3 to 4 years
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4 to 5 years
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5 to 6 years
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