Fine motor skills are important for so many tasks including independent eating, getting dressed, writing, using a computer and hygiene. Kids begin to develop fine motor skills even before they reach three months of age, when they learn to bring a hand toward the mouth or track mom’s movement with their eyes. Over the course of roughly six years, children continue to learn many additional fine motor skills, which ultimately allow them to be more proficient and independent in a variety of tasks both at home and at school.