Levitsky V., Spivak V. - eculiarities of the development of fine motor skills and visual-motor functions in preschool children with intellectual development disorders in the context of preparation for writing

Contact : LEVITSKY Vadim – Ph.D., associate professor department of speech therapy and special techniques Kamianets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University. Among his scientific interests: are the issues of education and upbringing of children with special educational needs.

SPIVAK Vitaly – PhD, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Social Work, Ivan Ohienko Kamianets-Podilskyi University, Kamianets-Podilskyi. In the circle of scientific interests: problems of selfregulation of the personality of future specialists in the socionomic direction; peculiarities of formation of personal and professional qualities of higher education students; socio-psychological rehabilitation of different categories of the population.

The article highlights the practice of preparing children with intellectual developmental disorders of preschool age for writing. The approximate content is allocated for work on the development of fine motor skills and visual-motor coordination: to form graphic skills, to prepare the child’s hand for writing: to develop fine motor skills of fingers and hands; accuracy and relative coordination of hand and eye movements, rhythmicity of movements; to improve visual-motor coordination in the "eye-hand" system, skills of accurate copying of a sample; to develop the ability to act according to verbal instructions, coordinating the individual pace of execution with the task, and the ability to independently continue the performance of the assigned task; control over one’s own actions; carry out work on improving finger motility and visual-motor regulatory coordination, allocate the optimal time in the daily routine, integrate it into the system of corrective and developmental work; form children’s interest in such exercises, turn them into an interesting game. Appropriate methods and techniques for working with children: finger games; stick games; finger games with poems and rhythmic accompaniment; gymnastics; physical education minutes; finger theater; shadow theater; manual work (embroidery, sculpting, weaving, appliqué, symmetrical cutting, origami, modeling, stringing beads from paper, rowan, beads, etc.); work with puzzles, mosaics, designer; work with natural materials (acorns, chestnuts, peas, stones, cereals, etc.); work with laces, buttons, loops, clothespins, etc.; work with sand and other loose substances; special exercises for preparing the hand for writing.

Key words: motor skills, coordination, perception, children of preschool age, formation, correction, development.