Child Development

Colouring strengthens fine-motor control and hand-eye coordinationThe repetitive, precise motions required for colouring (gripping crayons/markers, staying inside shapes) exercise the small muscles of the fingers and wrists that underpin pencil grasp and later handwriting. Researchers and occupational-therapy assessments have used colouring tasks to quantify and track preschoolers’ fine-motor development, and classroom studies find colouring practice … Read more