Dbat, interesting thought. My daughter's hand imitation score on the NEPSY was a 5 (5th percentile) and visual motor precision total completion time a 7 (16th percentile). Overall she scored 84th percentile because her finger tapping was so high.
The recommendation from the neuropsych was to get her typing ASAP and also to get her Dragon Speaking. We have not tried Dragon Speaking yet, but started in on teaching her to type.
DD9 started and dropped the flute last year, but our interpretation of her struggles was one of anxiety and perfectionism more than the coordination.
DD9 has not had a particularly difficult time learning to type, but we've not yet asked her to type anything except through the typing program. She's taking slow, plodding progress through the BBC typing program (
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/), having worked at it 5 times a week for 10 minutes at a time for the last 3 months. I like the program because it's really methodical and teaches positioning without emphasizing the speed. It also doesn't make much of a big deal of errors -- you don't do anything like strike out or have to start over, you just fix it and move on. This last part is key for Miss Anxiety.
