Practical Life in the 3-6 Environment

Small Motor Sequence Chart 1

Initial skill level
2nd skill level
3rd skill level
4th skill level
5th skill level
Strength

Hammering Squeezing Kneading

pegboard (sponge) (playdough)

Squeezing Beating Screwing Wringing Morter &

(turkey baster) (bubbles) screw board (sponge) Pestle
handmixer Robertson OR (chalk)
Phillips

Hammering Squeezing Kneading Screwing Wringing Morter &

tacks & (eye dropper) (clay) screw board (cloth) Pestle
shapes flat slot (egg shells)

Beating Screwing Morter & Apple coreing

(bubbles) screw board Pestle & slicing
whisk diff. diameter (spices)

Beating
(cooking)
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Initial skill level
Small Motor Sequence Chart 2
2nd skill level
3rd skill level
4th skill level
5th skill level
Dexterity

Twisting containers Grasping (palm) Cutting Stringing Opening/closing

(lids on) 1 to 1 straight large obj. various boxes

Weaving Twisting containers Cutting Sorting

Paper (lids separate) corners by colour

Twisting Grasping (pincer) Cutting Sorting

(bolt board) 1 to 1 zigzag by shape

Chopsticks Weaving Twisting Twisting Cutting Stringing Sorting Gift Wrapping Spreading
large pompoms Loom (nuts and bolts) (nutcracking) curves small obj. by size precut (food pastes)
loose screw type

Chopsticks Cutting Sorting Gift Wrapping

noodles doors by texture
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Initial skill level Small Motor Sequence Chart 3
2nd skill level
3rd skill level
4th skill level
5th skill level
Precision

Gluing Dry Spooning Clamping Dry Pouring Tonging Locks & Keys
Shapes Large (bowl) 1 to 1 large obj. same size
1 to 1 1 to 1

Sewing Stapling Gluing Dry Spooning Clamping Clamping Wet Pouring Tonging Locks & Keys
wooden board and removal textures Small (mini (work cloth 1 to 1 small obj. diff. size
or cardboard 1 to 1 clothesline) clothesline) 1 to 1

Sewing Gluing Dry Spooning Wet Pouring Dry Pouring Tonging Cutting Peeling
2 holed buttons pincer sprinkling 1 to many 1 to many 1 to many small obj. Bananas Carrots
wooden board 1 to many

Sewing Gluing Wet Spooning Clamping Dry Scooping

4 holed buttons shapes inside 1 to 1 (paper clips) large funnel
wooden board outlines

Sewing & Sewing & Wet Spooning Wet Pouring Wet Pouring Tweezing
Threading Threading 1 to many small funnel seive seperating
buttons to cloth running stitch objects
on striped fabric