Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Health and Physical Development (HPD)
Subdomain: Motor Development
Goal: Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools.
Skill Progression: Manipulation/Tool use
Age: 21-24 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 21-24 Months.Moves one or two objects from palm to fingers
Situations for Observation of Skill
Observe the child with poker chips.
Elicitation Strategy
Place two poker chips in the child’s palm.
Behavior Observed
The child works the poker chips down to her fingers from her palm.
Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)
Encourage parents to observe the child with different objects to see how the child changes his grasp to match the use of the tool. The ability to shift approach, even if the grasp is not correct, shows understanding of need for different approaches.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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