Fine Motor Skills Development Quiz

What is the combination of strength and balance that allows us to keep one body part still while another part moves?

• Bilateral coordination

• Stability

• Fine motor skills

• Gross motor skills

At what age do most children become able to catch an eight-inch ball with arms extended?

• 2 years

• 1 year

• 3 years

• 4 years

What is the ability to use both hands together to complete one task called?

• Bilateral coordination

• Sensory processing

• Strength and stability

• Dexterity

At what age do children typically start to show hand dominance, being right or left-handed?

• 1 year

• 2 years

• 3 years

• 4 years

What is the ability to use information from all of the senses including sight, touch, and movement called?

• Sensory processing

• Bilateral coordination

• Dexterity

• Strength and stability

At what age do children typically become able to identify common objects like a penny or key by touch alone?

• 3 years

• 2 years

• 1 year

• 4 years

What does dexterity include?

• Grasp and release, pinch and thumb control, finger coordination, and wrist movement

• Gross motor skills, sensory processing, strength and stability, and bilateral coordination

• Fine motor skills, sensory processing, strength and stability, and bilateral coordination

• Grasp and release, gross motor skills, finger coordination, and wrist movement

At what age do children typically develop enough precise finger movement to be able to touch the tip of the thumb to each finger?

• 1 year

• 5 years

• 2 years

• 3 years

What is the first wrist movement to develop in children?

• Extending the wrist while grasping a toy

• Pronation and supination

• Flexing the wrist while holding a toy

• Twisting lids on and off of containers

At what age do children typically start to develop a dynamic or moving pencil grasp?

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 5 years

• 1 year