Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2020
Published Online: August 01, 2020
Updated: September 09, 2020
Fine Motor Activities in Kindergarten Classrooms
Jennifer Fogo, PhD, OTR; Shannon Spangler; Hanna Rose; Melody White; Jeffrey Moore; Colleen Yeldell; Rachael Struewing
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Article Information
School-Based Practice / Basic Research
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2020
Fine Motor Activities in Kindergarten Classrooms
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411505089. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO1130
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411505089. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO1130
Abstract

Date Presented 03/26/20

Observations were completed in six kindergarten classrooms on two separate days to determine the time kindergarten children spend on fine motor and handwriting activities. The results found that children spent 29.67% of the time engaged in fine motor activities (academic and nonacademic), of which 30.75% of the time was spent in handwriting activities. The kindergarteners spent 12.29% of the total observed time engaging in handwriting activities.

Primary Author and Speaker: Jennifer Fogo

Additional Authors and Speakers: Shannon Spangler, Melody White, Jeffrey Moore

Contributing Authors: Hanna Rose, Colleen Yeldell, Rachael Struewing