Development of graphomotor skills and abilities in senior visually impaired preschoolers

Myasnikova Lyudmila Vladimirovna

The article is devoted to the problem of preparing senior preschoolers with visual impairments for schooling. The idea of the need for special correctional work to prepare children's hands for writing is substantiated. The author identifies and describes the characteristic difficulties in the formation of graphomotor skills and abilities in children of the studied category, analyzes the reasons for these difficulties. Considerable attention is paid to the description of experimental work to overcome difficulties in mastering graphomotor skills and abilities in visually impaired senior preschool children.

Keywords:senior visually impaired preschoolers, graphomotor skills and abilities, visual perception, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, orientation in microspace, special correctional work