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Early Childhood Intervention
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Child Motor Skills
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Questions & Answers - Motor Concerns
Which skill would be developed first for a child: spreading
butter or peanut butter with a knife or cutting meat?
By around age 5 most children can spread butter on toast and also cut
some soft foods with a dull knife, but not yet meats. So, if by cutting
meats, you mean chicken or steak, I would definitely say spreading
butter comes before cutting meat because it requires more hand strength
and dexterity as a two handed skill. To cut meat a child must be able to
hold the fork in one hand to steady the meat and then use the other hand
to cut, while the spreading action only requires the child to steady the
bread against a surface with one hand, much like steadying a piece of
paper when they are drawing.
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Questions & Answers - Motor Concerns
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