Motor development

According to Adolph, Weise, and Marin (2003), “Motor development refers to changes in children's ability to control their body's movements, from infants' first spontaneous waving and kicking movements to the adaptive control of reaching, locomotion, and complex sport skills”. Click here for the full-resolution PDF of this chart. ReferencesAdolph, K. E., Weise, L., & Marin, L. (2003). Motor development. In L. Nadel, Encyclopedia of cognitive sciences (pp. 134-137). London: Macmillan-Reference

Dr. Iman: Remembering Developmental Milestones

Lack of body awareness, Difficulties with balance, frequent falls are some signs of gross motor delays. Early intervention by parents and therapists helps.

Did you know that a single play activity can strengthen development in multiple areas? See how playing with blocks can stimulate a young child’s fine motor, cognitive, communication, and social-emotional skills, in this infographic adapted from Early Social-Emotional Development.

Know warning signs to look for in your baby's motor development plus watch videos of baby's motor milestones (separated by age) to know what their motor movements should look like. Copyright © 2018 Pathways Foundation

Gross motor skills are the movements we make with large muscles, like those in our legs, arms and torso. Walking and bending over are examples of gross motor skills.

Children love to move. Gross motor development in preschool shouldn't just be limited to recess. How can preschool teachers encourage the growth of gross motor skills? Free cheat sheet!

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Let's tag the future mommy 🤰🤱👼This is the "Chronological progress of gross motor development " of your baby according to his age. It is difficult to ascertain a specific period of time or month to point out exactly when a child might start to walk. However, often, children tend to walk on their own between 11 to 15 months depending on their pace of development. Some children might show delay in the process but will eventually start walking by the end of the first year…

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6 Interesting Facts About Your Child’s Motor Development

ANIMAL WALKS! 🐸 🐻 🦀🐛 🦘 Kids can use animals to practice gross motor skills at home. This is great for little ones to use their…

Fine motor coordination game Finger Gestures is aimed at children at preschool age and meant to improve memory, brain activity, fine motor skills, and psychomotor development. The task is to re-do gestures that are shown on the play cards. Print free activity sheets and cut out the cards. There are several ways to play: Put 4 cards for a left hand and 4 cards for a right hand in front of a child and ask to re-do gestures that are shown on the activity cards (left and right hands show…

Create patterns, swirls or zig-zags with colourful buttons, great for fine motor learning centre activity. Easy to set up and children enjoy hands-on activities

Simple pasta threading activity for toddlers to do using play dough and straws. Great for fine motor development and hand/eye coordination. Lots of fun too.

Children play on associations. Hygiene cartoon cards. Vector. Download a free preview or high-quality Adobe Illustrator (ai), EPS, PDF, SVG vectors and high-res JPEG and PNG images.

Get kids moving with these printable gross motor movement for kids activity cards. Great for classroom brain breaks or PE, at home or school.