Motor control

On the muscular involvement continuum passing a football on the run would be considered a gross motor skill as it involves your whole body and large muscle groups to kick the ball as well as running with it, whereas fine motor skills require small muscle movements, precision and accuracy for example throwing a dart. On the continuity continuum passing a football would be considered a serial motor skill as it involves a discrete skill kicking the ball to a team mate which has a clear beginning…

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…

For my child observation project, wanted to observe my cousin who is three years old. She has recently migrated here in San Jose, California. Her name is June(This is not her real name). June was born and raised in Eritrea (The country resides in Africa(west from the red sea)). Since she has recently migrated here to America she does not have a lot of friends unless if it is through family members who are around the age of 6-12 years old. Her first language is not English, but Tigrinya (the…

When it comes to gross motor skills, you must learn how to walk before you can run. It is not only crazy how much newborns develop from birth to the first year of life, but impressive. When a newborn is first born they cannot do simple basic movements like picking up their heads, but by 6 to 7 months and they are able to sit up independently. Then from there, babies slowly learn to stand up on their own and soon after that they are learning how to walk. In the womb babies have the buoyance to…

Slow as a Snail, But Fast as 1-2-3 “My son loves to crawl around with this toy!! It does fall over a little bit but that is completely fine because my baby loves to look at himself in the little mirror. Overall, this is a great toy and I would buy it as gifts for other babies” (“Fisher-Price”, 2016). Description The Fisher-Price Go Baby Go! 1-2-3 Crawl-Along Snail has colors that contrast with one another to help give a distinction in the different parts of the snail. The head of the snail is…

by putting a recover with a hole as his hands then the child could be a quarterback or the laundry basket could be a goal and it could be a soccer theme. The sport itself really is irrelevant when it comes to this idea. Any sport will teach a child motor skills and as long as they are putting their dirty clothes away, operant conditioning. Really that is what is important, that the child is learning and developing into a healthy human…

of in order to help them strengthen their gross motor skills. Thigs like climbing, running, balancing, bicycling, and jumping are al examples of things children can do, however they are all things that develop at a specific age. An 18 month old ability to climb the stairs is not the same as a 4 year old climbing up a set a stairs. According our text book “Every facet of the young child’s body that contributes to physical movement- the brain’s motor cortex, the spinal cord, the muscles, the…

caregiver takes care of him during the weekdays for around nine hours a day. Today, we analyze the results of his study to see if his development is in the right way according to his age. First, his physical development reveals that his fine and large motor skill are normal because he is able to hold a folk for himself and walks across a line including his interest for toilet training. However, his weight and height are above average because a 24 month’s boy is 24.8-28.8 in weight and 33.8-35.4…

more attentive to their environment helping them follow/imitate what they see. The action associated with the activity helps enhance the development of the toddler's sense of balance since they move from one action to another quite quickly, sensory motor integration by tying in the speed of the song along with the words of the song with specific actions and the enhancement of their jumping, walking and running by including them in the activity (ELECT 2014, p. 41-41, No.5.1 and…

Primary school aged children develop in their fine and gross motor skills. They can perform more complex motor skill activities such as swinging, somersaulting, jumping and climbing. Gross motor skill development sees them gain muscle strength and coordination. Fine motor skill development mean they can start drawing, writing within detail and precision by using tools such as pens, pencils and brushes. They are more easily engaged in activities such as building blocks and sewing etc. Primary…