WHAT DID THE RESEARCH INVOLVE?
We assessed 9,000 children when they were ages two, three, and four. We sent parents three tasks to do when they were playing with their children: building blocks into a tower, drawing a circle, and folding a piece of paper. All of these involve fine manipulation and control of hand and eye co-ordination.
Whenever you do an assessment with a child, it could be a one-off. Because the children did the tasks at three different ages, it offered us an overall perspective of their fine motor skills during their pre-school years. There were slight variations to makeit age-appropriate across the three years.
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