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Motor Skills
Growth
What can parents do?
Milestones
Brain
100
Involves larger muscles (arms or legs)
What are Gross Motor Skills?
100
Why babies learn to hold heads up before learning to crawl.
Development goes from top down (head to toes)
100
How to ensure that kids achieve the key physical developmental milestones?
Provide/create an environment that is encouraging.
100
Ages 1-2; when they become independent and tasks require balance and hand-eye coordination. What can they begin doing?
Pick up things while standing up, walk backwards, walk up and down stairs, move/sway to music, color/paint by moving entire arm, scribble with markers/crayons, turn knobs and handles.
100
Between the ages of 2-6, the brain increases from 70% to what?
90% of it's adult weight.
200
Includes self help skills and/or drawing
What are Fine Motor Skills?
200
Children add ____ inches in height and about _____ pounds in weight each year.
2/3 inches and 5 pounds (after 2nd year)
200
How to encourage motor skill development?
Give opportunities to practice the new abilities; give time, space and resources.
200
Ages 2-3; start building on earlier skills where they are becoming adept at activities that require coordination and speed. What tasks will they be starting to do at this stage?
Run in forward direction, jump in one place, kick a ball, stand on one foot, turn pages of a book, draw a circle, hold a crayon between thumb and fingers.
200
By age ____ many parts of the cerebral cortex have overproduced synapses.
4
300
What intricate skills are needed for Fine Motor Skill development?
drawing, writing, grasping objects, throwing, waving and catching
300
Influential factors that are essential for healthy growth/development
Heredity, emotional well-being, good nutrition, relative freedom from disease and physical safety
300
Type of environment that helps a child engage in play
Pressure free zone
300
Ages 3-4; Physical abilities are becoming more advanced as they develop better movement and balance skills. What can they do at this stage?
Ride a tricycle, do down a slide without help, throw and catch a ball, pull and steer toys, walk in a straight line, build a tall tower with toy blocks, manipulate clay into shapes.
300
What type of growth does a child's brain experience?
Rapid, distinct bursts of growth
400
What factors do experts look at? (GMS)
Strength, muscle tone and range of movement
400
Physical advances that occur during preschool years
Continuing to gain weight/height, losing most/all of baby teeth - while permanent teeth begin emerging.
400
Why are mealtimes a good opportunity for kids to develop motor skills?
Allows them to build manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
400
Ages 4-5; becoming confident in their abilities. What activities will they be doing here?
Jump on one foot, walk backwards, do somersaults, cut paper with safety scissors, print some letters, copy shapes including squares and crosses.
400
Through _______ _______ preschoolers are able to improve on various skills.
Synaptic pruning.
500
Tying shoes is a ______ type of skill that requires ______, ______ and _________.
Self help skill that requires a longer attention span, memory and dexterity.
500
Why is picking and choosing foods an important part of the developmental process?
Children are working on establishing a sense of independence, so giving them the freedom to express food preferences can be good for their psychological development.
500
How does drawing and other creative art projects help to encourage fine motor skill development?
Allows children the ability to learn/practice using tools and supplies while also requiring them to think about what they should draw/paint.
500
What are developmental milestones? (definition)
Developmental Milestones: “are abilities that most children are able to perform by a certain age”
500
What skills are preschoolers improving?
Physical coordination, perception, attention, memory, language, logical thinking and imagination.