Motor Development Fine & Gross

Gross Motor Skills Physical skills involving large body movements. –Waving arms, walking, and jumping –Newborns on stomach

Fine Motor Skills Physical skills involving small body movements, especially with the hands and fingers –picking up a coin or drawing –Pincer Grasp

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How can you promote gross and fine motor development in children?  Child’s temperament and the progression of motor development.  Arrange outdoor and indoor environment to encourage motor skills.

Promoting Gross Motor Development Infant –Lay your infant on floor – head. –Put him on his back to reach. –Hold infant –Walk on the curb –Have her throw her dirty clothes in the laundry basket, then praise her when she "makes a basket" –Give chalk to draw circles on the sidewalk, then have her jump from circle to circle

Promoting Gross Motor Development Preschooler –Balance on one foot. –Gallop, skip, hop, march, and run when walking a long distance. –Practice throwing, tossing, and aiming.

Promoting Fine Motor Development Infant –Give blocks. –Play with plastic containers. –Use fingers to point at objects.

Promoting Fine Motor Development Toddler –Put toothpaste on toothbrush and brush the child’s teeth. –Give fork and spoon to use at mealtime. –Collect scrap paper in a box and let the toddler practice cutting with safe scissors.

Cognitive Development  Brain has reached 75% of adult weight by age 2.  Categorize Objects/Pictures Object Permanence: –The ability to understand that objects and people exist independently of one’s perception of them.

Television and Cognitive Development By 3 months of age, 40 percent of infants are watching a half-hour a day of television, DVDs or videos, according to a study of families in Washington and Minnesota. In UW study, 40 percent of infants watched at least 30 minutes a day. By age 2, 90 percent of children are watching an hour and a half of television, according to the survey. "While appropriate television viewing at the right age can be helpful for both children and parents, excessive viewing before age 3 has been shown to be associated with problems of attention control, aggressive behavior and poor cognitive development."

The top three reasons given by parents for allowing their children to watch television, DVDs or videos were: 29 percent believe they were educational or good for the child's brain 23 percent said viewing was enjoyable or relaxing for the child. 21 percent use television and videos as an electronic baby sitter so they could do other things.

Television increases the risk of developing attention deficit disorder in children. Agree or Disagree? Why? Watching too much television increased the child's likelihood of being unable to pay attention in school, and each hour a day in front of the TV increased by 10% the chance that the child would show signs of the disorder, the study found Children who watched the most television were more likely to rank in the top 10% for concentration problems, impulsiveness, restlessness and being easily confused. Each additional hour of viewing increased the child's likelihood of having attention problems by about 10%.

Professional Advice The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no television for children younger than 2, and only one to two hours a day of quality programming for older children. The academy also suggests that parents not allow TV sets in children's rooms. It released a separate report Monday indicating one-fifth of the nation's children age 2 or younger have a TV in their rooms.

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