Fine Motor Skills

1 month

Hands in fist near face

2 months

Hands open and unfisted 50% of time

2 months

Able to hold a rattle if placed in hand

2 months

Able to hold hands in the same spot together

3 months

Inspects fingers

3 months

Hits at objects close to body

4 months

Able to hold hands open most of the time

4 months

Grabs at objects close to the body

4 months

Able to reach for objects tirelessly

4 months

Able to play with toys placed in hands

5 months

Palmar grasp

5 months

Transfers objects hand to mouth and mouth to hand

5 months

Reaches/grasps things dangling in front of body

6 months

Transfers items hand to hand

6 months

Can take a second object still holding on to a first

6 months

Reaches with one hand

6 months

Uses open and extended fingers to rake for things

7 months

Radial palmar grasp

8 months

Can take a cube out of a cup and pull out a large peg

8 months

Hits objects with other objects after demonstration

8 months

Scissors grasp

9 months

Bangs two cubes together

9 months

Pincer grasp

10 months

Isolates index finger and points

10 months

Can use pincer grasp to pick up small items clumsily

11 months

Throws objects

11 months

Can stir something with a spoon

12 months

Scribbles after a demonstration

12 months

Can use pincer grasp to pick up small things without difficulty

12 months

Holds a crayon

12 months

Attempts to put blocks on top of each other

15 months

Stacks at least two small objects

15 months

Claps when excited

15 months

Uses fingers to feed themselves

18 months

Scribbles

18 months

Drinks from an open cup with or without spilling

18 months

Attempts to use utensils while eating

24 months

Holds something in one hand while using the other hand

24 months

Uses gestures appropriately

30 months

Uses one or both hands to twist things

30 months

Take some clothes off independently

36 months

Puts some clothes on independently

36 months

Strings two or more items together