WHAT ARE PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SKILLS?

Perceptual motor skills on the other hand are abilities namely involved in the child’s perception of a certain environment and his/her motor reaction to it. Such skills imply that they manipulate their bodies using their senses — sight and touch. For instance, when catching a ball, coloring inside a line, or solving a maze, one practices his/her perceptual motor skills. They assist the children to integrate what they comprehend with the movement of their limbs and bodily frame.

Acquiring of these skills is vital as they will apply in day to day activities such as playing sports or writing. It emanates that enhancing the Perceptual Motor Skills is useful in helping kids learn and perform all their daily tasks hence being useful in enabling them to fine tune their perception towards the world.