What is visual motor integration?
However, visual motor integration has some difference: The visual perceptual skills that are necessary for the visual component of visual motor skills play a major part in perceiving and interpreting visual information. This level of visual processing is necessary for copying forms and identifying inconsistencies in written work. It plays a part in letter reversals and letter formation.
In eye-hand coordination specifically, the eyes and hands work together to move the pencil, catch a ball, thread beads on a pipe cleaner, or other tasks that require the eyes and hands to fluently coordinate in actions. The eyes and hands begin working together at a very young age and continue to develop in efficiency as a child grows.
Developmental Milestones for Visual Motor Integration
{These are general guidelines of development}
ONE MONTH:
Tracking a rattle while lying on back
Tracking a rattle to the side
TWO MONTHS:
Infant regards their own hands
Tracks a ball side to side as it rolls across a table left to right and right to left.
Tracks a rattle while lying on back side to side
THREE MONTHS:
Extends hands to reach for a rattle/toy while lying on back
FOUR MONTHS:
Reaches to midline for a rattle/toy while lying on back
While lying on back, the infant touches both hands together.
SIX MONTHS:
Brings hands together to grasp a block/toy while sitting supported on an adult’s lap
Extends arm to reach up for a toy while laying on back
SEVEN MONTHS:
Transfers a block/toy from one hand to the other while sitting supported on an adult’s lap.
Touches a cereal piece with index finger
Bangs a toy on a table surface while sitting supported on an adult’s lap
NINE MONTHS:
Claps hands together
TEN MONTHS:
Removes loose pegs from a Peg Board
ELEVEN MONTHS:
Removes socks
Releases a cereal bit onto table surface
Places blocks
into a cup
TWELVE MONTHS:
Turns pages in a board book
Imitates stirring a spoon in a cup
THIRTEEN MONTHS:
Imitates tapping a spoon on a cup
Begins to places large puzzle pieces in a beginner puzzle
FOURTEEN MONTHS:
Scribbles on paper
SIXTEEN MONTHS:
Imitates building a tower of 2-3 blocks
NINETEEN-TWENTY MONTHS:
Builds a block tower, stacking 4-5 blocks
TWENTY THREE-TWENTY FOUR MONTHS:
Imitates copying vertical lines
TWENTY FIVE-TWENTY SIX MONTHS:
Removes a screw top lid on a bottle
Stacks 8 blocks
Begins to snip with scissors
TWENTY SEVEN-TWENTY EIGHT MONTHS:
Imitates horizontal strokes with a marker
Strings 2 Beads
Imitates folding a piece of paper (bending the paper and making a crease, not aligning the edges)
TWENTY NINE MONTHS:
Imitates building a train with blocks
Strings 3-4 Beads
Stacks 10 blocks
THIRTY ONE MONTHS:
Builds a “bridge” with three blocks
THIRTY THREE MONTHS:
Copies a circle
THRITY FIVE MONTHS:
Builds a “wall” with four blocks
THIRTY SEVEN MONTHS:
Cuts a paper in half with scissors
FOURTY MONTHS:
Lace 2-3 holes with string on Lacing Shapes
Copies a cross
FOURTY TWO MONTHS:
Cuts within 1/2 inch of a strait line.
Traces a horizontal line
FIFTY MONTHS:
Copies a square
Cuts a circle within 1/2 inch of the line
Build “steps” with blocks
FIFTY FOUR MONTHS:
Connects two dots to make a horizontal line.
Cuts a square within 1/2 inch of the line
Builds a “pyramid” with blocks
FIFTY FIVE MONTHS:
Folds a piece of paper in half with the edges parallel
Colors within lines
Activities to help develop visual motor integration:
