Developmental Norms- Fine Motor

3 months

Grasps items involuntarily

6 months

Reaches for target objects

Grasps toys at midline

Able to transfer toys/items between both hands at midline

Brings toys to mouth

5 to 10 months

Initiates play with toys while seated

9 months

Attempts to imitate scribble

Uses gross/inferior pincer grasp to pick up small items

9 to 10 months

Visually tracks items with eyes that move horizontal, vertical, and circular directions

12 months

Plays with toys at midline

Points with index finger

Uses refined pincer grasp pattern to pick up small items

Scribbles on paper

12 to 18 months

Holds writing tools with supinate palmar grasp

18 months

Uses two hands during play

Turns cardboard pages in a book

24 months

Imitates prewriting strokes- vertical lines, horizontal lines, and circles

Completes 3 piece insert puzzle

Holds and snips scissors

24 to 36 months

Uses a digital pronate grasp when grasping writing tools

36 months

Copies vertical lines, horizontal lines, and a circle

Strings small beads

36 to 42 months

Can cut a 6 inch straight line

42 to 48 months

Cuts out a circle

Uses a static tripod grasp pattern when using writing utensils

48 months

Colors within the lines

48 to 60 months

Cuts out a square

Copies a cross, diagonal line, square, x, some numbers and letters, and/or may copy their name

53 to 60 months

Uses dynamic tripod grasp pattern when using writing utensils

60 months

Draws a stick figure

60 to 72 months

Completes a 20 piece puzzle

Copies a triangle, prints their own name, copies most uppercase and lowercase letters

72 months

Ties laces

Copies then prints names from memory

Connects two dots with a straight line

Imitates and then copies a rectangle

72 to 84 months

Cuts out different shapes