{"id":3822,"date":"2019-05-14T05:39:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/?p=3822"},"modified":"2020-11-24T07:23:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:23:23","slug":"hand-eye-coordination-how-the-eyes-brain-and-hands-work-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2019\/05\/14\/hand-eye-coordination-how-the-eyes-brain-and-hands-work-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand-Eye Coordination: How the Eyes, Brain &#038; Hands Work Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3823 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20209a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hand-Eye Coordination: How the Eyes, Brain &amp; Hands Work Together\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20209a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20209a-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20209a.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From an infant <a href=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/2017\/03\/31\/hands-our-most-incredible-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discovering her hands<\/a> to a toddler <a href=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/2017\/07\/24\/when-is-my-toddler-ready-for-a-fork-a-guide-to-age-appropriate-self-care-tasks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feeding herself with a fork<\/a>, children&#8217;s hand-eye coordination steadily develops during the first years of life.<\/p>\n<p>How does hand-eye coordination work, why is it so important, and what other areas of development support it?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><i>Highlights:\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A child\u2019s hand-eye coordination steadily develops throughout their first years of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hand-eye coordination helps us effectively and efficiently use our hands based on what we see. It involves a three-step process:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eyes &#8211; Identify details relevant to the task.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain &#8211; Process what the eyes see and send instructions to the body.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hands &#8211; Follow the brain&#8217;s instructions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hand-eye coordination depends on several other areas of development, such as:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vestibular System &#8211; Maintaining balance while they reach for something.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Tracking &#8211; Scanning the room for an object.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proprioception &#8211; Awareness of how to move their body to complete a task.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gross Motor- Using large muscles to reach for an object.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fine Motor &#8211; Using small muscles to grab and grasp an object.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>How does hand-eye coordination work, and why is it important?<\/h2>\n<p>Hand-eye coordination encompasses the lightning-fast communication between the eyes, brain and body that allows us to effectively and efficiently use our hands based on what we see. The process involves three steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The eyes<\/strong> identify details that are relevant to a task: At snack time a teacher opens a drawer and asks a toddler to get a spoon. The toddler scans the drawer&#8217;s compartments to find the spoons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The brain<\/strong> processes what the eyes see, and sends instructions to the body to pick up a spoon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The hands<\/strong> follow the brain&#8217;s instructions: The toddler reaches into the drawer, grasps a spoon, and pulls it out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For little ones, hand-eye coordination develops as they learn to grasp, build, complete puzzles, feed themselves, throw, catch and kick balls, draw&#8230;and the list goes on. Eventually they&#8217;ll rely on it for handwriting &#8212; and even reading, because hand-eye coordination strengthens the visual tracking skills they&#8217;ll need to scan and follow lines of text.<\/p>\n<p>Effective hand-eye coordination may also be related to success in other areas. <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.news.iu.edu\/releases\/iu\/2013\/11\/Smith-Yu-language-learning.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This research<\/a>, for example, drew a strong link between hand-eye coordination, learning abilities, and communication. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologicalscience.org\/news\/releases\/study-links-childrens-eye-hand-coordination-with-their-academic-performance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Another study<\/a>, focusing on children from pre-school to elementary school, discovered a correlation between better hand-eye coordination and superior reading, writing and math skills. So when you&#8217;re playing games with your child that involve hand-eye coordination, you may also be setting her up for effective learning and communication, as well as eventually succeeding in basic academic tasks.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the building blocks of hand-eye coordination?<\/h2>\n<p>Hand-eye coordination involves several other areas of development. Let&#8217;s take a look by going back to the toddler who&#8217;s teacher asked her to get a spoon from the utensils drawer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/2019\/02\/22\/your-babys-vestibular-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The vestibular system<\/a> <\/strong>helps her maintain balance and coordinate her head and eye movements so she can focus on the contents of the drawer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual tracking<\/strong> allows her to scan the contents of the drawer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual discrimination<\/strong> allows her to pay attention to detail so she can identify the spoons based on how they are different from other objects in the drawer.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/2019\/02\/22\/your-babys-proprioceptive-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proprioception<\/a><\/strong> provides an awareness of how to move her body parts, and the correct amount of force she&#8217;ll need to grasp and hold onto the spoon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gross motor skills<\/strong> allow her to use the large muscles of her arm and shoulder to reach into the drawer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/2017\/05\/01\/hands-our-most-incredible-tools-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fine motor skills<\/strong><\/a> allow her to use the small muscles of her wrists and fingers to grasp a spoon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/administrator.babysparks.com\/2019\/02\/21\/motor-planning-learning-how-to-use-the-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Motor planning<\/strong><\/a> has taught her (starting in infancy when she grabbed a dangling toy for the first time) how to reach and grasp things automatically without having to remember the steps involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whew, so hand-eye coordination is no small feat!<\/p>\n<p>Because hand-eye coordination is tied to countless tasks (as well as learning, communicating, and mastering basic academic skills), it&#8217;s a good idea to check in with your pediatrician or a pediatric occupational therapist if: Your child is lagging behind on milestones related to hand-eye coordination, or she is consistently clumsy (beyond the normal fumbles of toddlerhood).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From an infant discovering her hands to a toddler feeding herself with a fork, children&#8217;s hand-eye coordination steadily develops during the first years of life. 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