It has to do with fine motor skills. As a child develops his/her
brain is developing and part of that is the development of motor
skills. There are gross motor skills like running, walking,
throwing a ball, jumping and then there are fine motor skills that
involve coloring, holding a pencil, cutting paper, and placing
shapes/drawings on paper. The younger the child the less fine motor
he/she has and as a child ages the fine motor also develops with
practice and brain development.