Motor skills

components of Country Heat are control of voluntary movement and muscle endurance. Control of voluntary movement according to the occupational therapy practice framework (AOTA, 2014) includes eye-foot coordination, bilateral integration, and gross motor control. I use these functions when doing the dance moves such as box step, grapevine, and Charleston. Muscle endurance is sustaining muscle contraction (AOTA, 2014). I use this function when doing the dance-conditioning workout, which contains…

Gross Motor Mila did a lot of movements in the Baby Day as an active toddler. She explored the lawn are a lot, and she moved from one spot to another one several times. In addition, she threw the red ball frequently to different directions, and after she threw it, she would get it and returned it to her mother. Moreover, she tried to bring the big basket to her mother. Also, when she saw the guy played the guitar, she tried to dance. All of these big muscle movements are gross motor skills. …

stimulation for cognitive development. Children can zone out while watching TV. Instead, I would provide activities that promote the development of gross and fine motor skills. For gross motor skills I would incorporate activities such as: running, jumping, hopping, throwing and catching things, and climbing. For fine motor skill development I would include the following activities: play dough or clay with plastic tools such as scissors or cookie cutters to form into various shapes, blocks…

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…

was able to pick up a crayon and draw with no difficulty. He did not show any clumsiness in this action. This shows his development in fine motor skills. “By the time they turn three, children have had the ability to pick up the tiniest objects between their thumb and forefinger for some time, but they are still clumsy at it...By age four, children’s fine motor coordination…

15. You notice that Ryan 's mother tries to pull his arms through the sleeves of his shirt/jacket from his hands. She tells you that he is stubborn and just pulls the other way when she 's trying to dress him. Discuss why "physiologically" this is happening and offer some suggestions you might make to Ryan 's mother to make dressing easier. In children with CP, it can be difficult to dress and undress due to unwanted movements caused by stiffness related to tone. I would demonstrate a tapping…

Introduction My child goes by the name of Toothless. Toothless is about 7 or 8 years old and is in the 2nd grade. He is white, has short blonde hair and dark brown eyes. He is at the stage where his teeth is falling out, hence the name toothless. I observed Toothless at the Reeves Rogers Elementary school, after school program called ESP (extended school program) here in Murfreesboro, TN. There was generally 6-8 adults there to handle the kids and generally 1 or 2 assigned to the 2nd grade class…

As a project for my Child Development class, I completed an observational child study. I chose a four year old male child of one of my co-workers, whom I had met several months prior to the study. Paxton was born on June 15, 2012 and was six weeks premature. Aside from the requirement of a feeding tube at birth, Paxton suffered no complications. At 30 pounds and 33 inches, he is in the 5th percentile in weight and the 25th percentile in height (Clinical Growth Charts, 2016). His height is…

observation on a 3-year, 4-month old girl, P.H., from rural Oklahoma. She is the middle child of three children. Her parents, siblings, and P.H. do/have not received any special-needs services. I was able to observe several aspects of communication, motor, social, sensory, and literacy development. Communication P.H. is displaying the full range of Dore’s conversational acts. However, only a few she demonstrated will be explained next. She is very curious and is constantly requesting…

Physical Development In terms of physical development, Nora is very advanced for her age. In order to fully assess her physical development in terms of gross motor skills, I asked Nora to join me in a game of simon says. I asked if she thought we could check off all of the tasks on my list, and she excitedly accepted the challenge. Nora is able to walk as well as an adult forwards and backwards. She can skip and gallop and also has great balance. When asked to stand and hop on one foot, she did…