Fine Motor Milestones

0-6 months
  • Looks at things for a moment
  • Grasps objects for a brief time
  • Reaches objects with both hands
  • Shakes objects while holding
  • Hands reach mouth
6-12 months
  • Holds objects
  • Starts to bang objects on surfaces
  • Can strike two objects together
  • Uses both hands while playing
1-2 years
  • Begins to prod objects
  • Holds objects with ease
  • Doodles and draws
  • Starts to take off socks
  • Starts to use a spoon
  • Begins to write and create shapes on paper
2-4 years
  • Can cut using scissors
  • Can color with colored pencils
  • Can solve puzzles, 2 years appropriate
  • Can unwrap things
  • Can hold pen in hand
  • Can trace some shapes
4-6 years
  • Can put finger on nose tip
  • Grasp is stable and purposeful
  • Brushes teeth by self
  • Can wash and dry face
  • Can copy shapes
  • Colors inside lines of shape
© 2012 Christina J. Scalise-Morrissey, MS, CCC-SLP