Motor Skills
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- Created on: 12-05-18 09:01
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- Motor Skills
- Fine Motor Skills
- Gripping
- By 1 month babies can grasp an adults finger an can also grasp a rattle for a short time
- Activities to promote this are playing with a rattle, feeding oneself with a spoon and playing with small toys
- Manipulation
- Babies use their whole hand to manipulate objects but with time at 12 months they start using small muscles in their fingers
- Activities which promote this are playing with building blocks, playing a musical instrument and with toy farm animals
- Hand-eye Coordination
- Child is able to use the muscle in her fingers to pick up the constructions pieces and use her eyes to guide her finger movement
- Activities which promote this are playing with a jigsaw, writing and sewing
- Movement of smaller muscles
- Gripping
- Gross Motor Skills
- Infants develop this skill from the head down
- Activities which promote this
- Running
- Hopscotch
- Playing catch
- Climbing Frames
- Push and Pull toys
- Movement of larger muscles
- Fine Motor Skills
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