As soon as the child turns his attention to his hands, at about three months of age, the work on the development of fine motor skills becomes especially interesting, and the chances that the child will speak correctly are increased.
Finger games and exercises
Finger games are good because they can be started right from birth, and even after a few years the child will be just as exciting to play them. Finger exercises can be divided into 2 types - games in which there is active work of the fingers, and games in which the whole hand is involved and there is a simultaneous massage of the palm and fingers.
Finger games are usually finger extensions and bending exercises, such as the Magpie Crow game, or other similar enumerated rhymes and nursery rhymes. In the game, you can give a name to each finger or associate them with family members.
Games that promote more active work of the hand can be started with the simplest ones: grasping other parts of the body with the handles, for example, another arm or leg. After six months, you can play "Ladushki", as well as "Loaf", making movements with hands clenched into fists up and down ("kneading the dough") and saying:
“I'm mixing the dough, There is a place in the oven
I'll bake a loaf
Go ahead, go ahead ("rolling the dough" from hand to hand)"
Fine motor toys
The development of fine motor skills of the hands is possible with the help of a certain type of toys. At a young age, these are developmental rugs with special inserts that have different textures, as well as soft squeaky toys that need to be squeezed or lightly tapped to get sound. You can also sew a book out of felt or fabrics of different textures with bright and rustling appliqués.
At the age closer to one year, the child should be offered a pyramid, prefabricated nesting dolls, or other improvised means that often attract the baby's attention more. For example, small jars with screw caps, or a homemade treasure chest, where you can put objects of various shapes, such as beads, buttons, pasta. When selecting such items, remember that there is a risk of being swallowed by a child and give preference to large enough specimens.
Of the other improvised means, thanks to which the development of speech occurs, one can single out cereals - rice, buckwheat, as well as legumes and nuts. To work with babies, you can sew small bags from different fabrics filled with cereals, one-year-old children like to “sort out” small cereals on their own under the supervision of adults. Fine motor skills are considered sufficiently developed if by the age of one year the child can pick up a small object with his index and thumb.
