Fine motor skills refer to motor skills that involve using finger, toe, and eye muscles to coordinate different small actions. For example, drawing with a marker requires fine motor skills.

Fine Motor Skills 

Gross motor skills refer to motor skills that involve using larger muscles such as arms and legs to do bigger movements. For example, running on a treadmill requires gross motor skills. 

Gross Motor Skills 

Motor skills can be divided into two main types:
1. Fine Motor Skills
2. Gross Motor Skills 

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Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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