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Hand-eye coordination

Meaning in child development & early education, with examples

nounCore term

In child development & early education, hand-eye coordination means: The ability to use the eyes to guide the movements of the hands, for example when catching a ball, stacking blocks or pouring water.

In Turkish: el-göz koordinasyonu

How it is used

Used in development reports and activity plans, often together with fine motor skills. It is also called eye-hand coordination. Practitioners note it when children thread, build, pour and use tools.

Example sentences

  1. Pouring water into small cups is good practice for hand-eye coordination.

  2. His hand-eye coordination has improved: he can now catch a large ball.

Common collocations

  • good hand-eye coordination
  • improve hand-eye coordination
  • eye-hand coordination
  • hand-eye coordination activities
  • fine motor skillsSkills that use the small muscles of the hands and fingers, often together with the eyes, such as picking up small objects, using a spoon, holding a pencil or cutting with scissors.
  • gross motor skillsSkills that use the large muscles of the arms, legs and body, such as rolling over, sitting, crawling, walking, running, jumping and climbing.
  • mark makingThe early marks children make with any tool, such as crayons, chalk, paint, sticks in sand or fingers in foam, which come before drawing and writing.
  • sensory playPlay that encourages children to use their senses, especially touch, through materials such as sand, water, playdough, rice or foam.

More terms: Physical and Motor Development

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