Motor Development Observation

When a person is the youngest member of her family, she has most likely never seen or paid any attention to the motor development of a child. This was the case for me and is also the reason for my interest in understanding the steps needed to get from a tiny wiggling baby to an adult with fully functional motor skills. My lack of assessable children is one of the reasons I chose to observe the infants and preschoolers whom receive care at Tutor Time. Another reason I felt going to a care facility would be best is because it allowed me to compare the development of one child to that of many others similar in age. I asked to observe the classrooms of infants and preschoolers because I wanted to see how extensive the growth truly is during …show more content…
I specifically observed a 4 year old boy named Isaac. His motor development seemed to be pretty average among the other children. The obvious differences between Isaac and Evelyn were seen when Isaac walked, ran, and jumped. At the walk, he was much more controlled and projected than she was; he also incorporated an oblique arm swing that she had not quite developed yet. According to the textbook, at two years old most children reach the motor milestone of jumping off the floor with both feet. Because of this motor milestone, Isaac is able to perform more advanced skills like vertical jumping and running. At four years old, Isaac has the strength and balance to execute motor actions at a much higher caliber than Evelyn. It was also very obvious that in the preschool class, the children were able to perform fine motor skill such as building large objects by attaching smaller objects together. This action, and many others observed while the children were playing, is a result of development in hand eye coordination and spatial awareness. Isaac was able to toss a ball up and hit it with a swinging bat; this would not be possible without each developmental step preceding